Adopt now to protect whales & dolphins
Adopt today for yourself, or as the perfect gift
All the whales and dolphins live wild and free, your support enabling us to follow their fascinating lives.
Adopt now to protect whales & dolphins
Adopt today for yourself, or as the perfect gift
All the whales and dolphins live wild and free, your support enabling us to follow their fascinating lives.
Adopt a humpback
Adopt a dolphin
Adopt an orca
Meet Salt
This month, our featured adoption whale is Salt. She lives in the western Atlantic Ocean, spending the summer months in the Gulf of Maine before migrating south to the Caribbean for the winter. She is at least 45 years old. Salt has had a total of 14 calves and is a great grandmother!
Salt spends her summers feeding in the rich waters off the coast of New England, but faces many dangers, including entanglement in fishing gear and collisions with ships.
Meet Charlie
Charlie is the 18-year-old son of Kesslet, and we see Charlie anywhere between Inverness Harbour and the Cromarty Firth and beyond – he travels around quite a lot. Although you can find him on his own now and again (quite normal for male dolphins) he loves nothing more than larking around with his many buddies, particularly younger dolphins of both sexes, and can be seen as part of a large group hunting up and down the coastline for shoals of fish.
Charlie was brought up as an ‘urban dolphin’ growing up right next to a busy harbour which a salmon river runs right through – very handy for a big fishy meal that you don’t have to work very hard to get.
Meet Fife
Fife lives on the Pacific coast of western Canada. Fife is an intriguing character who commands increasing respect within his community. He is a captivating presence and traverses the world accompanied by his beloved family.
However, a poignant chapter of his life remains untold, as he has never had the opportunity to meet his sister, Corky, who was tragically taken from the sea and has endured captivity since 1969.
In 2003, Fife endured a harrowing experience when he suffered a severe wound on his back, most likely inflicted by a boat propeller. Yet, displaying remarkable resilience, he has since made a full recovery, a testament to his indomitable spirit.
As Fife’s tale continues to unfold, we are eager to witness the next chapters of his life and the impact he will undoubtedly make on his community.
Alternatively, choose from one of our other whales and dolphins:
What you'll receive
See what’s in our adult or junior adoption packs.
If choosing a junior pack (for children under 13) please choose "a gift for a child" on the adoption form.
Toggle the selection of this box to see what is included in the adult and child adoption packs
- Digital certificate of adoption
- Latest digital Whale and Dolphin magazine plus 3 issues each year (choice of either postal or digital).
- Regular updates about your adopted individual whale or dolphin
- Welcome pack, including certificate of adoption, latest magazine, pin badge, and car sticker.
- 3 further issues of Whale and Dolphin magazine each year (choice of either postal or digital).
- Regular updates about your adopted individual whale or dolphin
Select a gift adoption for a child when you checkout and you can choose our fantastic junior pack, which includes:
- Welcome pack, including personalised adoption certificate, latest magazine, cool stickers and badge.
- Three Splash magazines throughout the year with updates about your adopted individual whale or dolphin.
How does my support help?
All proceeds go to the protection of whales and dolphins around the world and the conservation of the habitat in which they live.
This includes funding vital projects specific to the places where the humpbacks, orcas and bottlenose dolphins of our adoption programme live. You can find out more about these below.