A humpback whale, previously the subject of a controversial rescue effort after being stranded in Germany, has been found dead off a Danish island.

<img alt="People are seen in the water trying to help a whale that is stuck." height="349" src="https://i.cbc.ca/ais/91751cb2-dc19-4da0-bca7-2b27e70a982b,1778944308709/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C158%2C3576%2C2011%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29" title="(ALTERNATIVE CROP) - People are seen close to a stranded humpback whale, guiding the animal to a special barge intended to bring it to the North Sea, in the Wismarer Bucht bay of the Baltic Sea off the island of Poel, northern Germany,...