The whale calf’s repeated stranding off the coast of Germany sparked widespread concern and extensive media coverage. A humpback whale calf that earned huge media attention and the nickname Timmy after being repeatedly stranded in shallow waters near Germany has been released into the North Sea by rescue team. The operation to save the sea mammal, launched as its health deteriorated, transported Timmy in a water-filled barge and released him off Denmark on Saturday. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3 Mexico’s Sinaloa state governor resigns amid US drug trafficking charges list 2 of 3 Yemen reports hijacked oil tanker headed for Somalia list 3 of 3 Spain demands Israel release arrested Gaza flotilla crew member end of list Karin Walter-Mommert, one of the private financiers of the operation, said the whale appeared to be swimming freely and in the right direction upon his release, the APF news agency reports. He “should now swim up the Norwegian coast toward the Arctic”, she said.…