The humpback whale first entered shallow water at the end of March, but its health deteriorated over the past few weeks. Experts have criticized efforts to rescue the animal, which may have done more harm than good Members of the rescue team on a barge that later transported the whale to the North Sea Danny Gohlke / AFP via Getty Images A humpback whale nicknamed Timmy made headlines after being stranded for weeks off the coast of Germany. Finally, on May 2, the massive animal was released into the North Sea. While the operation has been heralded as a success by some, many whale experts have criticized it. Timmy seemed in poor health, and now, no one knows if the creature is still alive. The International Whaling Commission (IWC) called the final rescue attempt “inadvisable” in an April 28  statement .…