Gesellschaft zur Rettung der Delphine e.V.

Gesellschaft zur Rettung der Delphine e.V. (GRD) states that it has been committed since 1991 to protecting dolphins and their habitats. Its stated goal is to stop the extinction of dolphins and the destruction of their habitats. The organization says its work is funded exclusively through donations, supporting contributions and legacies. It runs projects including a citizen-science dolphin sighting project in the Adriatic and donation campaigns, and it organizes protest actions against dolphin slaughters in the Faroe Islands and in Taiji Bay, Japan.

Gesellschaft zur Rettung der Delphine e.V. (GRD) states that it has been engaged since 1991 in protecting dolphins and their habitats. It describes its mission as stopping the extinction of dolphins and the destruction of their habitats, and states that its work is made possible exclusively through donations, supporting contributions and legacies. Among its activities, GRD runs a citizen-science project, "Adria-Delfine – bitte melden!", through which sighting reports of dolphins, monk seals, sea turtles and fin whales are submitted; since 2001 these data have been passed on for evaluation to the IWC. GRD also runs donation campaigns and protest actions against dolphin slaughters in the Faroe Islands and in Taiji Bay, Japan.

1. 1Gesellschaft zur Rettung der Delphine e.V. - Homepage - GRDdelphinschutz.org
2. 2Adria-Delfin "Košara": Eine Geschichte von Hoffnung und Überleben - GRDdelphinschutz.org