Lamalera whale hunt survey
Today we visited Lamalera. This village is known for its traditional whale hunting, one of the last villages in Indonesia and in the...
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Westerlaken Foundation
Aug 9, 20211 min read
Pygmy Killer Whale
Yesterday a group of 7 (suspected) Pygmy Killer Whales stranded in Pantai Ampo, Karangasem. 6 were returned back to the ocean by...
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Westerlaken Foundation
Aug 9, 20211 min read
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...
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Westerlaken Foundation
Jul 8, 20211 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...
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Westerlaken Foundation
May 28, 20211 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...
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Westerlaken Foundation
May 22, 20211 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...
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Westerlaken Foundation
Apr 23, 20211 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...
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Westerlaken Foundation
Mar 23, 20211 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...
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Westerlaken Foundation
Feb 21, 20211 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...
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Westerlaken Foundation
Feb 17, 20211 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...
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Westerlaken Foundation
Feb 11, 20211 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...
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Westerlaken Foundation
Feb 6, 20211 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...
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Westerlaken Foundation
Feb 2, 20211 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....
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Westerlaken Foundation
Feb 1, 20211 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...
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Westerlaken Foundation
Jan 31, 20211 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...
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Westerlaken Foundation
Jan 28, 20211 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...
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Westerlaken Foundation
Jan 24, 20211 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...
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Westerlaken Foundation
Jan 17, 20211 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...
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Westerlaken Foundation
Jan 12, 20211 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,...
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Westerlaken Foundation
Jan 12, 20211 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...
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