OUR MISSION

 Capt. Dave Anderson and his wife Gisele Anderson have formed an organization, the "International Whale and Dolphin Fund".

Our mission is to help people to fall in love with the incredible dolphins and whales off Southern California --- to learn about them and how to protect them. We believe seeing these beautiful animals in the wild and raising awareness to some of their threats, will help keep them, and other whales all over the world, safe. After all, how can we protect something, if we don't even know it is there?

"Whale Watching TV" is part of that mission, but our biggest project is Blue.

 According to the WWF, 1,000 dolphins and whales are dying every day because of fishing gear entanglement, more than what died in the whaling days. This is the biggest threat facing dolphins and whales today! We believe Blue the film has the potential to help alert the world to this problem and galvanize the public to action to prevent these deaths. Click here to learn more about Blue.

Also, we believe that given a choice of saving a whale or saving a child most people would choose the child. So, whenever possible we will try to do both. We did this with our first film WILD DOLPHINS AND WHALES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.  The film acomplishes its mission of letting people see and learn about our whales and dolphins, and half the money from the profits of film sales went to support a World Vision project in Gangawako (a village in Malawii, Africa hardstruck by AIDS where many children are orphaned).  World vision recently finished their program in the village, so now half the profits are being used to raise money for tools and equipment to rescue entangled whales and dolphins in southern California.. This is the model for how we will handle things with Blue.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR

• The award winning film, Wild Dolphins and Whale of Southern California in 2004. This beautiful film educated people on the animals living right off our coast, and the challenges they face from pollution, boats and gill nets.
• Used half of the profits from the film to support Gangawako village in Malawi, Africa and raised money for tools and equipment needed to rescue whales off Orange County.
• Donated hundreds of DVDs of the film to schools and libraries.
• Lectures at aquariums and institutes and cruise ships on dolphins and whales and the dangers they face in the wild.  
• Organized Orange County's only whale-disentanglement group.
• Founded Ocean Awareness Day at the Festival of Whales.
• Took tens of thousands of people out to see dolphins and whales and taught them about the dangers they face from fishing gear entanglement, whaling and pollution.

NOW ...WHAT IS NEXT

• Capt. Dave has written the script for Blue to raise awareness of the biggest crisis facing the dolphin and whales today --bycatch from fishing net entanglement, Over 1,000 dolphins and whales die every day in fishing gear.  estimated cost to produce - three million dollars.
• Produce a feature-length film.
• To offer education curriculum to teachers and schools who might want to use Whale Watching TV in their classroom.
• Expand and improve Whale Watching TV.  We would like to have a camera man onboard filming at all times. We would also like to broadcast live in HD - this could be done for about 1,500 dollars a month. We would also like to add other whale watching boats from different parts of the world to this channel.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Learn more about Blue -the Film see poster and more - click here.
 If you think what we are doing is worthwhile and would like to join us in our mission, and help get Blue made, then you can donate here. If everyone who visits leaves a small donation of $10.00 we will see it as a vote of confidence and we will make the most of it. Or for more info on how you can help, contact Capt. Dave at David@dolphinsafari.com