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News & Current Events Apr 16, 2026 at 5:05 PM

Millionaires fund last-ditch attempt to save humpback whale stranded in Germany

Posted by AudibleNod

Millionaires fund last-ditch attempt to save humpback whale stranded in Germany
the Guardian
Millionaires fund last-ditch attempt to save humpback whale stranded in Germany
Critics say efforts to save the animal, nicknamed Tommy, unlikely to succeed and could lead to further harm
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AudibleNod Apr 16, 2026 +102
Where's a fame-starved, mega-billionaire who wants to hog all the glory for himself when you need him? >The regional environment ministry said the scheme to save the whale, which is being co-financed by the equestrian event organiser Karin Walter-Mommert, bore full responsibility for the operation’s success or failure. I don't know what an equestrian event organizer is. I'm guessing polo or dressage. Regardless, I wish them all the best.
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EggNo289 Apr 16, 2026 +69
NO, you pleb. An equestrian event organizer, is who horses go to to help plan and carry out their dream wedding.
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cohonka Apr 16, 2026 +3
That's really funny. Maybe someone better than me will draw this, or maybe I'll doodle it poorly but it's a joke worthy of a comic I think
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TruckSecret5617 Apr 18, 2026 +1
Common misconception, you are describing an equine event planner
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palcatraz Apr 17, 2026 +22
Unfortunately, the best in this case would be to let the animal die. For those unawares, this whale has been stranded for about three weeks. It was already sick when it got stranded in the first place. In those three weeks, multiple rescue attempts have been made, and they did manage to guide him back to deeper water -- only for the whale to strand itself again. At this point, this whale is *severely* weakened. Actual experts and conservationists have all said that this animal is too weak to be returned to the sea. And they've tried everything to get that animal back into the water. At some point, more attempts, especially by people who do not actually understand anything about whales, are just going to inflict more agony and stress on this animal, not save it.
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Decent-Ganache7647 Apr 17, 2026 +2
Seems there should be more protections from causing more stress and discomfort for the whale in these rescue attempts. 
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breakfasteveryday Apr 16, 2026 +63
has this been happening more? We've seen it in WA lately, too
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IndianaJonesDoombot Apr 16, 2026 +70
Every day more boats are in the ocean making noise and f****** them up
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One-Incident3208 Apr 17, 2026 +35
It's hot, polluted, and all the food is dying.
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Tamagotchi_Stripper Apr 16, 2026 +30
Most likely, we continue to f*** up our planet for the sake of greed.
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solomons-mom Apr 17, 2026 -31
Or because 8+ billion people want cooked food, heated shelter from the cold, cooled shelter from the heat, and men wanted [words 5 and 6 in your comment].
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temple_tantrum Apr 17, 2026 +7
I mean, those are not entirely separate from greed. It's not about an individual normal human being greedy, it's about those that have the power and control decisions at a scale that matters being greedy and shortsighted. The world could have more than enough food and an ample amount of renewable energy for heating/cooling/cooking, it's not some technologically infeasible ask. Hell, in America alone you could replace half the ethanol crop with actual food for humans and then replace the other half with solar panels that produce actually useful energy. That would pretty much take care of both and that's not even getting into the sheer amount of wasted food already produced. Not really gonna comment on your last point cause I'm pretty sure most humans want to f*** to some degree lol.
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bertch313 Apr 18, 2026 +2
I think you misunderstand how many people find animal abuse and cruelty funny
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KenUsimi Apr 16, 2026 +11
I am confused by greenpeace being against trying; it seems to me that you really should at least try
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palcatraz Apr 17, 2026 +38
They have been trying, is the thing. This whale has been stuck for almost three weeks at this point. In that period, they managed to free him/guide him back to deeper waters, only for him to beach himself again. At this point, this poor whale is severely weakened. The reason Greenpeace and other conservation groups are against it is because they feel at this point it's just prolonging the end, and causing the whale more stress/pain. Like, even if they'd get him unstuck again, not only is there no guarantee he won't beach himself again, but even if he managed to stay away from the beach entirely, there is no guarantee he'd even survive anymore.
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XanderTheMander Apr 17, 2026 -11
At least he could feed some sharks /s (kinda)
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alsotheabyss Apr 17, 2026 +14
Greenpeace’s point is it’s dying. Let it die.
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Slowlyva_2 Apr 17, 2026 +4
Because they removed their feeling from it and are telling let nature do its thing. Whales and other like animals don’t intentionally strand themselves. It’s weak and trying to waste as little energy breathing. Swimming takes up a lot of it. If it were a dolphin, smaller whale or porpoise, you could help it get the proper care that unfortunately is not available to a large whale. The whale is tired and ready to die. This whale has been freed a few times and returning. If anyone ever sees a stranded animal, dont put it back into the water. Call 1-877-whale-help. The act of kindness in this case is causing more harm. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/report
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nihilishim Apr 16, 2026 +5
So thats what he's doing with all the wages he probably stole
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HasGreatVocabulary Apr 17, 2026 +2
One side wants to save this one whale without doing anything to keep the rest of them healthy so they don't keep doing this The other side greenpeace wants to ignore this one whale because it's probably going to die, but wants to help keep all the other whales safe My guess is no one, not even greenpeace will keep the rest of the whales safe from noise and these changes in feeding locations due to climate change, and this whale will probably die. The electronics retail CEO funding the rescue will have had his moment of looking good before it disappears from the news cycle ( he might even be a good person and just cares about this whale, I don't know)
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topazco Apr 17, 2026 +1
“The sea was angry that day my friends”
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TopComprehensive8569 Apr 17, 2026 -3
What's stopping the Japanese going in there and clubbing it to death?
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SatoshiReport Apr 17, 2026 -22
Could you imagine being really poor and trying to get food on the table for your children and reading about one asshat spending millions on a whale?
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judgejuddhirsch Apr 17, 2026 -15
Yeah, but this makes the millionaire happy. Don't worry about the whale.
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AdmiralCodisius Apr 17, 2026 -7
Best to leave this humpback whale to be saved by Captain Kirk
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