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Kogia sima stranded in Sanur
Yesterday some videos went viral of a stranding case of a Dwarf Sperm Whale (Kogia sima) in Pantai Semewang, Sanur. The video itself is...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20232 min read


The turtle case
Remember the turtles in captivity we posted about? Please read https://www.westerlakenfoundation.org/post/update-about-the-turtles-in-ked...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Update about the turtles in Kedonganan.
After our second appeal (first appeal in Januari 2020) last week about the condition of sea turtles in captivity in Kedonganan we are...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20232 min read


Dolphins at Bali Kids
At Westerlaken foundation we run 4 quite different programs (human and children rights, marine life, cultural heritage management and...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read
Turtle eggs hatched.
Due to the COVID-19 crisis we are very busy with organising food packages for those who need them. This does not mean we are forgetting...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Transparency in donations
As you most likely have seen we are very busy with finding funds for our emergency relief efforts. The efforts relate to two of our...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20232 min read


Help us saving animals! We need an emergency fund!
Westerlaken Foundation has been saving animals in Bali for years as one of its programs. The foundation has the only full equiped...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Consider donating to the Dolphin Sanctuary, donate directly to Dolphin Project.
Please consider donating to keep our sea pen running. All donations go through Dolpin Project. Click here to donate (plea.

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Update from the sea pen
With a beautiful ceremony at the sea pen, the camp and his grave we said goodbye to our friend Dewa. Dewa was a victim of captivity....

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Westerlaken foundation and the COVID-19 virus
The world is weighed down under the results of the COVID-19 outbreak. In this post we want to explain what COVID-19 means for the...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20232 min read


105 turtle eggs saved!
Today we got notified that an unidentified turtle laid eggs on the beach. The eggs were close to the sea and had to be relocated. Out of...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Dolphin Dewa succumbs to long standing illness.
Text party through Dolphinproject.com We are saddened to report that Dewa, one of four dolphins confiscated from the Melka Excelsior...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20232 min read


Dolphin circus in Indonesia shut down!
Text through Dolphin Project After a decade of relentless campaigning against Indonesia’s traveling dolphin circus, the world’s cruelest...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20232 min read


Green turtle washed ashore dead due to plastic waste in Medewi
Today we received the news ( info through Runa Weidemann) that 3 days ago this beautiful young Green Turtle (celonia mydas) was found...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Report of first anti captivity Dolphin campaign
Educating the general public that visiting dolphins in captivity is NOT OK is the objective of our first wave of our campaign for 2020....

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


2020 anti dolphin captivity campaign is starting!
Did you know that in Bali there are still 11 dolphins living under horrible circumstances in Bali Dolphin Lodge and Bali Exotic Marine...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Wildlife conservation? The case of turtles in Kedongonan..
A concerned student notified us about turtles being kept in a restaurant in Kedongonan. We investigated the case and found 4 seaturtles...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Rocky and Rambo relocated to the Dolphin Sanctuary
Text (altered) through Dolphinproject.com Approximately four months after two bottlenose dolphins named Rocky and Rambo were confiscated...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20232 min read


Survey to Perancak
Last weekend we did a survey to Perancak’s Kurma Asih Turtle Conservation. The thirteen green turtles that were kept for the turtle meat...

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read


A total of thirteen Green Turtles were found in a resident's home in Melaya Village, Jembrana about
According to the police, the arrest of the suspected perpetrators and their evidence is based on information from the public in Melaya....

Rodney Westerlaken
Jun 3, 20231 min read
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