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Conservation and research projects

researchersWe support and lead ground-breaking scientific research, funding over 40 whale and dolphin conservation field projects around the world.

Whilst all whales and dolphins are important some groups of whales and dolphins stand out for particular attention - perhaps they are acutely endangered, or they play an important role in the lives of local people, acting as ambassadors for whole ecosystems.

ResearchersConservation And Research Projects
Our conservation and research projects focus on not only key species, but also threatened populations - geographically, or genetically distinct groups of animals, which if driven to extinction could not be replaced.
hector's dolphin © Steve DawsonNZ High Court Decides In Favour Of Dolphins
A New Zealand court has rejected a challenge to 4 conservation measures aimed at protecting the endemic endangered Hector's dolphins found around its coastline.
The Sundarbans Cetacean Diversity Protected Area
Introducing the Sundarbans Cetacean Diversity Protected Area in the Bay of Bengal – one of 12 Marine Protected Area Networks being proposed by WDCS to protect the world’s whales and dolphins.
© FEROP/WDCSFears Expressed For Orca Captured Alive In Russia
WDCS is deeply concerned at reports that a young female orca or killer whale was captured alive on 19-20 July in the Amur River estuary in Far East Russia for the aquarium industry.