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DNA test results confirm species Kogia sima.
In cooperation with BPSPL, the Indonesian Coastal and Marine Resource Management Center, we have received a sample of the Kogia sima that...

Westerlaken Foundation
Jul 4, 20201 min read


Meetings with POLDA Bali, BKSDA and POLRES Gianyar.
Today we had important meetings with POLDA Bali, BKSDA and POLRES Gianyar about the Kogia sima case. We will update you soon about the...

Westerlaken Foundation
Jul 3, 20201 min read


Dolphin stranding in Perancak
Today we received another sad report of a dolphin stranding from Pak Anom from the Kurma Asih turtle foundation in Perancak . A...

Westerlaken Foundation
Jun 27, 20201 min read


12 green turtles saved from being slaughtered.
Warung Kayu Manis, located at Jalan Bukit Hijau II No. 1, Banjar Mekar Sari, Jimbaran Village, South Kuta District, Badung, Bali, was...

Westerlaken Foundation
Jun 26, 20201 min read


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...

Westerlaken Foundation
Jun 19, 20202 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...

Westerlaken Foundation
Jun 11, 20201 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...

Westerlaken Foundation
May 19, 20202 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...

Westerlaken Foundation
Apr 26, 20201 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...

Westerlaken Foundation
Apr 22, 20201 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...

Westerlaken Foundation
Apr 9, 20202 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...

Westerlaken Foundation
Apr 3, 20201 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.

Westerlaken Foundation
Mar 23, 20201 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....

Westerlaken Foundation
Mar 23, 20201 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...

Westerlaken Foundation
Mar 21, 20202 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...

Westerlaken Foundation
Mar 17, 20201 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...

Westerlaken Foundation
Mar 13, 20202 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...

Westerlaken Foundation
Feb 5, 20202 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...

Westerlaken Foundation
Feb 4, 20201 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....

Westerlaken Foundation
Jan 30, 20201 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...

Westerlaken Foundation
Jan 23, 20201 min read
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