Ric Obarrys Dolphin Project Inc

FOR EDUCATION, SAFETY, PROTECTION, RECOVERY, AND PREVENTION FROM CRUELTY FOR ALL CETACEANS ESPECIALLY DOLPHINS

JAPANDURING THE ANNUAL SIX-MONTH DOLPHIN DRIVE SEASON IN TAIJI, WILD DOLPHINS ARE DRIVEN INTO THE COVE. SOME ARE LIVE-CAPTURED FOR THE GLOBAL DOLPHIN ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, WHILE OTHERS ARE CRUELLY SLAUGHTERED AND SOLD AS MEAT.DOLPHIN PROJECT IS THE ONLY INDEPENDENT BODY SINCE 2003 TO ACT AS AN OBSERVER TO MONITOR THE HUNTS IN TAIJI. WHILE WE ARE NOT PERMITTED TO INTERVENE, OUR ROLE IS TO DOCUMENT THE HUNTS, TRACK CAPTURES AND SLAUGHTERS, AND IN REAL TIME, BROADCAST TO THE WORLD THE GOINGS-ON HERE. WITH EACH NEW VIEWER, WE ARE SHIFTING THE TIDE IN HOW THE PUBLIC THINKS ABOUT CAPTIVITY. WE ALSO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT JAPANESE-BASED ACTIVISTS, WHO HAVE KEPT THE PRESSURE ON AUTHORITIES TO END THE HUNTS.ON APRIL 22, 2022, REN YABUKI, DIRECTOR OF LIFE INVESTIGATION AGENCY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH DOLPHIN PROJECT FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE TOWN OF TAIJI OVER THE REDACTION OF INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE HANDLING OF CETACEANS. THE LAWSUIT SOUGHT ACCESS TO ALL DOCUMENTATION CONNECTED TO THE DRIVE HUNTS, INCLUDING:SALES CONTRACTS AND INVOICES FOR LIVE CETACEAN COMMERCEDOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE OVERSEAS EXPORT OF LIVE CETACEANSCOMPLETE INVENTORIES OF CETACEANS IN POSSESSION OF THE TAIJI WHALE MUSEUMDOCUMENTATION RELATED TO THE DISMANTLING OF DEAD CETACEANS BY THE TAIJI WHALE MUSEUM, ANDINSPECTION REPORTS FOR THE ANIMALS IN POSSESSION BY THE TAIJI WHALE MUSEUM

INDONESIAUMAH LUMBA REHABILITATION, RELEASE AND RETIREMENT CENTERDOLPHIN PROJECT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS, THE CENTRAL JAKARTA FORESTRY DEPARTMENT AND JAKARTA ANIMAL AID NETWORK (JAAN) BUILT THE UMAH LUMBA REHABILITATION, RELEASE AND RETIREMENT CENTER IN BANYUWEDANG BAY, WEST BALI THE FIRST EVER PERMANENT DOLPHIN REHABILITATION, RELEASE AND RETIREMENT FACILITY FOR FORMERLY PERFORMING DOLPHINS. -IN 2022 WE RELEASED 3 FORMER PERFORMING DOLPHINS BACK INTO THE WILD.EDUCATION CENTERAT THE UMAH LUMBA EDUCATION CENTER IN BALI, OUR TEAM CONTINUES TO EDUCATE STUDENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MARINE CONSERVATION. CORE CLASSES IN ENGLISH, MATH, SCIENCE AND GEOGRAPHY, AS WELL AS IN TRADITIONAL BALINESE DANCE ARE ALSO TAUGHT. -IN 2022, WE HAD 44 REGULAR STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL, AND 25 VISITING STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE THE VILLAGEENGLISH CLASSESMATH CLASSESGEOGRAPHY CLASSESENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONECO TOURISMSCIENCETRADITIONAL DANCE CLASSES FOR GIRLSRECYCLING CLASSMARINE MAMMAL STRANDING WORKSHOPS FOR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-ETHICAL DOLPHIN WATCHING-BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN-WORKSHOPSNO-COST VETERINARY CLINIC 2022 151 DOGS STERILIZED. DOLPHIN PROJECT OPERATES A NO-COST VETERINARY CLINIC IN BALI. WE PROVIDE NO-COST SPAY, NEUTERING AND EMERGENCY VETERINARY CARE FOR PETS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS.MANGROVE PLANTINGIN AN EFFORT TO BE CARBON NEUTRAL, THE DOLPHIN PROJECT TEAM IN INDONESIA STARTED A TREE NURSERY.-IN 2022 WE PLANTED MORE THAN 10,000 TREES ALONG THE COASTLINE.MURAL CAMPAIGNDOLPHIN PROJECT WORKS WITH INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS TO PROMOTE OUR ANTI-CAPTIVITY MESSAGE THROUGH LARGE OUTDOOR PUBLIC MURALS.ANIMAL RESCUERESCUED 15 MONKEYS WHO WERE KEPT CHAINED IN CAGES, OR ESCAPED FROM PREVIOUS OWNERS WHO KEPT THEM AS PETSRESCUED AND TREATED 1 JAVAN DEER (RUSA TIMORENSIS) WHO WAS ATTACKED BY WILD DOGSRESCUED AND RELOCATED 9 SNAKES WHO NEEDED TO BE EVACUATED FROM PEOPLES HOMESRESCUED AND TREATED 3 ENDANGERED GREEN SEA TURTLES.RESCUED AND TREATED 5 BRAZILIAN RED-CHEEKED MUD TURTLES, A SPECIES NOT NATIVE TO INDONESIA (KINOSTERNON SCORPIOODES CRUENTATUM)QUICK RESPONSE CETACEAN STRANDING TEAM PILOT WHALES BRYD WHALES BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS SPINNER DOLPHINS

SOLOMON ISLANDSDOLPHIN PROJECT IS ACTIVELY DEVELOPING COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT OPERATES IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN AGREEMENT TO END DOLPHIN EXPLOITATION. BY OFFERING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BENEFITS THAT DEFRAY THE NEED FOR DOLPHIN-DERIVED INCOME, WE AIM TO STOP DOLPHIN HUNTING AND TRAFFICKING WHILE IMPROVING ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES. WE MONITOR AND RECORD THE YEARLY DOLPHIN DRIVE HUNTS AND MAINTAIN A DATABASE OF THE NUMBER OF DOLPHINS HUNTED ANNUALLY.