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Baby turtle saved
Last Saturday we responded on a report of a baby turtle in an aquarium in a restaurant in Sanur. After socializing the law on...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Survey Lovina
During our surveys looking at dolphin behavior and boatmen behavior in Lovina (the fieldwork for this is finished, we are currently...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Groupstranding Spinner dolphins
Yesterday evening we received a message that a number of dolphins stranded in Pantai Batu Tumpeng. We confirmed the stranding with locals...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Cuviers beaked whale stranded in Sanur
Yesterday we received a message from Kadek Dhani , the treasurer of Indonesian foundation Yayasan Bali Bersih. Dhani works at RipCurl...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read
Letter sent to Carola Schouten, responsible minister of animal welfare
Today we have protested to Minister Carola Schouten for not taking action against the sales of 8 dolphins, 2 walrusses and 2 sealions to...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


28 known turtle strandings since January 2021
Today we handled two new cases of stranded Olive Ridley turtles, making the total of stranded turtles this week 5, and 28 in total since...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


30.15 kg of trash
30.15 kg of trash (mainly small particles, rope, plastics, styrofoam) cleaned of Batubelig beach, as Westerlaken Foundation / Yayasan...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Another turtle stranding in Legian. Plastic sticking out of beak.
This morning we handled another case of a stranded Green turtle (Chelonia mydas). The Green turtle (female, 70x50 cm) washed up dead at...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Stranded turtle in Kedongonan
Today we reacted on a call of a dead stranded female green turtle (Chelonia mydas, 60x45 cm) in Kedongan. In cooperation with BPSPL the...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


3 turtle strandings in 1 day
Yesterday we handled 3 turtle strandings. Unfortunately all turtles were dead. 1) Double 66 beach, Olive Ridley Turtle, 92x60 cm. This...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Another turtle stranded dead on Kedongonan beach
Today we were called for another turtle stranding, again in Kedongonan. This is the 6th turtle stranding in a short time on this beach....

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Another stranded turtle in Kedonganan
Another green turtle (Chelonia mydas) has washed up dead on the shore of Kedongan this morning (70x50 cm). The turtle has been burried on...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Another turtle stranding
This morning we handled another turtle stranding, in cooperation with BPSPL. A Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) stranded dead on Kuta Beach...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Dolphin stranding in Kuta
Yesterday we responded on a call of Bpk Permana Yudiarso , head of BPSPL about a dolphin stranded in front of discovery mall in Kuta. We...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Dead turtles in Kedonganan
Today we responded on a report of stranded dead turtles in Kedongonan, trough the Instagram account of @adrian.suwanto . After contact...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Color book for children about dolphin captivity.
In follow up of the campaign about dolphin captivity in 2020 we have now released a children's coloring book to keep the attention to...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Trash for sembako
Our sembako program started with a trash for sembako exchange together with out partner AidHub. People can bring trash like plastic,...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


First phase of ocean research in Lovina started.
The first phase towards anthropogenic noise ans disturbance in Lovina has started. For 5 days recordings with a drone and hydrophone are...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Trash for Sembako
In our handout of food we cooperate with Aidhub. To deal with the trash problem on the island we from now on have a system of handing in...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Year reports
The year reports for both Westerlaken foundation and Yayasan Bali Bersih are published on our website (Tab ANBI/DINSOS) We wish you a...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read
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