Adopt a bottlenose dolphin
Some 220 bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are living in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea. After the extinction of the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) and the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis), bottlenose dolphins are the only sea mammals still living in the Adriatic Sea. We present to you eight bottlenose dolphins that you may symbolically adopt. By adopting a bottlenose dolphin, you are supporting the protection of these animals in the Adriatic Sea. Choose your bottlenose dolphin and fill out the adoption form.
"Good morning"
is the first bottlenose dolphin identified, whom we met back in 2001 in the early morning hours near the island of Ugljan.
"Mr. Big"
is a bottlenose dolphin whose size distinguishes him from the others.
"Ypsilon"
we have been seeing her along with a baby bottlenose dolphin since 2001.
"Line"
is easily recognizable by the white horizontal line on his left back fin and the indent in the shape of a half-moon on the rear end of that fin.
"Sportsman"
often entertains us with high jumps out of the water.
"Spike"
has a back fin whose top is formed like a spike.
"Flash"
is a male bottlenose dolphin with a sharp line on the back fin.
"Arrow"
is a female bottlenose dolphin that likes to swim next to our boat.
We meet these bottlenose dolphins regularly in the sea around the islands of Ugljan, Pašman, Iž and Dugi otok. We have been meeting "Good Morning", "Mr. Big", "Ypsilon", "Line" and "Spike" since 2001, while we were introduced to "Sportsman", "Flash" and "Arrow" in 2003. We give the bottlenose dolphins names based on characteristics such as their looks, behavior or the circumstances of our meeting.
Choose one of our packages:
- The blue package includes a donation of 200 kuna. You will receive a photo and description of your bottlenose dolphin, a t-shirt, photo postcards of bottlenose dolphins from the Adriatic Sea and a project brochure "Rescuing the last Adriatic bottlenose dolphins ".
- The green package is geared towards families who would like to look after one of the bottlenose dolphins by donating 400 kuna. You will receive a photo and a description of your bottlenose dolphin, two t-shirts, a poster, photo postcards of bottlenose dolphins from the Adriatic Sea and a project brochure "Rescuing the last Adriatic bottlenose dolphins ".
- The yellow package is geared towards schools, nursery schools or clubs which would like to have a bottlenose dolphin by donating 400 kuna. You can put up the photo, poster, and description of your bottlenose dolphin in your room. Everybody in the group will receive a book badge, photo postcards of bottlenose dolphins from the Adriatic Sea, and a project brochure "Rescuing the last Adriatic bottlenose dolphins ".
- The red package is ideal for small businesses that donate 600 kuna, and it includes a photo and description of the chosen bottlenose dolphin, two t-shirts, a poster of a bottlenose dolphin, four book badges, photo postcards of bottlenose dolphins from the Adriatic Sea, and a project brochure "Rescuing the last Adriatic bottlenose dolphins ".
- We thank everybody who donates 1000 kuna or more with the white package that includes a photo and description of the chosen bottlenose dolphin, four t-shirts, two posters, four book badges, photo postcards of bottlenose dolphins from the Adriatic Sea, and a project brochure "Rescuing the last Adriatic bottlenose dolphins ".
We will use the money collected through the adoption of bottlenose dolphins exclusively for research and protection of bottlenose dolphins within the project "Rescuing the last Adriatic bottlenose dolphins
Link for donations
You may also help us by donating material goods.
If you would like to make a donation as a company please fell free to contact us. We would very much appreciate your cooperation with us.