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ost of you will probably be back at school now, after what I hope has been a fantastic summer break – depending on what part of the world you live in of course! One school that I’ve recently been working with closely is Sunnyside Primary in Glasgow. You can read a lot more about what makes this particular school so special on page 8. I can honestly say that Sunnyside’s pupils are some of the most enthusiastic whale and dolphin supporters I have ever met!

Maybe you go to a school that is just as conservation-minded as Sunnyside Primary and I simply don’t know about it. Make sure you let me know if that’s the case! Or, if you’d like your school to know more about whales and dolphins, why not take Sunnyside’s advice and see if your teacher will let you tell your class more about them.

Every little helps, and we can all make a difference!

Making a change

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hile working towards their Friend to Animals badge, 1st Brynmawr Brownies decided to help WDC by completing their Dolphin Diploma and making a spare change whale to raise funds. Wonderful work girls!

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embers of the 1st Newport Brownies in Essex have been busy over the past few weeks helping us with our Homes for Whales campaign. The girls created their ideal home drawings and made some fantastic dolphin bracelets, too! Huge thanks to you all.

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ucy Whalen, who adopts Mischief, and her friend Paige Bailey raised an impressive £17.63 by making and selling some very delicious looking cookies and brownies. What superstars you are!

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n Sunday 28 June, over 200 people took part in Walk for Whales at 12 SEA LIFE centres across the UK. Thank you so much to everyone who took part and helped raise money to protect our whale and dolphin friends.

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hank you to Izzy, Layla, Madison, Waverley Abbey School and all of you who continue to send in your wonderful pictures, photos and poems!

A set of whale and dolphin trump cards is on its way to you.

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ow! You’ve totally blown me away with the quality of poems you sent in for the Rhyme for Orca Rights competition. It’s been nearly impossible to pick just one winner, but congratulations to Jake Bentley, age 8, who gets a cuddly Orca Original toy for writing this amazing poem…

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Freedom is something we dream of Racing through the waves Every orca free to play Every orca swimming freely Doing what we love to do Oh please, let us be Making our home in the sea… not captivity There are more poems online at whales.org/kidzone

special congratulations to 10-year-old Louise Stewart who won our 2015 Change Challenge. She has been adopting Rainbow since she was three and in that time has donated a whopping £251!

Your prize is on its way, Louise.

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ere’s your chance to name Rainbow’s two-year-old calf. If you have a good idea for a name that would suit this beautiful boy, please send it to the address above or

email info@whales.org by 18 September 2015. Only one name per entry please.

Remember to include your own name and address so we can contact you if we choose the name that you suggest.

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group of whale watchers in Sri Lanka, including WDC’s Vanessa Williams-Grey and Rob Lott, were among a lucky few to see one of the largest pods of sperm whales ever documented.

An estimated 350 whales passed onlookers, who soon realised they were witnessing something very special indeed.

Friend of WDC and professional photographer Andrew Sutton was also on board. He managed to take this awesome underwater snap.

While photographing the superpod, a young sperm whale approached Andrew and used his or her echolocation to find out a little more about this man in their midst.

Meanwhile, some grown-up whales watched on.

‘It was an encounter that left me literally breathless, due to the sonic sensation and the trust the whale had in me as a non-threatening object,’ said Andrew.

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eet Keira-Grace Castledine, who becomes our Fundraiser of Spring after taking part in the Splash!

Cycle Challenge and raising £247.50 in sponsorship by cycling a whopping 14.88 miles! Get yourself featured in the next issue of Splash! by becoming our fundraising star for Autumn. Turn to the back page to find out how.

I went to Sherwood Pines Forest Park and got ready to cycle my target distance of 12 miles

RECORD BREAKERS

Here I am, all packed and ready to take the Splash! Cycle Challenge

A quarter of the way round the Adventure Cycle Trail and I seem to have a little mud on my face!

Here is me and my dad after completing the challenge, cycling 14.88 miles!

I had a great time and will never forget it

iser High-flying fundra Kris Hjalmarsson achieved an amazing feat when he completed 14 skydives in one day to raise money for WDC. Kris, who has loved whales and dolphins since he was young, originally set out to do 10 skydives, but ended up doing four more than anticipated.

Because Kris’s home country, Iceland, gets a lot of bad press for being a whale-hunting nation, he

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I reached my target of 12 miles, but there was still more to come...

I got the Headteacher’s Award at school for the scrapbook I made about the Splash!

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Blue whales are the heaviest of all whales, dolphins and porpoises, and finless porpoises are one of the lightest. Just one blue whale weighs the same as 3,000 finless porpoises!

decided to do something positive.

Kris hopes that the money he raised – over £3,700 – will help protect whales so that future generations can enjoy whale watching, just like he has.

ome great news: Mattel, a huge manufacturer of children’s toys, has decided to stop making products that reference SeaWorld.

This means they will stop producing and selling their SeaWorld trainer Barbie Dolls.

Mattel is one of several companies that have decided to sever ties with SeaWorld, following public outrage and concern about the treatment of orcas at the animal theme park.

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e spotted a wonderful video online recently and just had to share it with you. It shows an octopus running along carrying two halves of a coconut shell that he or she then uses as a shelter.

It’s great to see other ocean-dwelling creatures making the most of their environment – just like dolphins.

Some bottlenose dolphins in Western Australia use sponges as tools to help get at prey.

Using tools in this way is a sure sign of high intelligence! bit.ly/octopusshell

Fun factory Games and puzzles with great prizes to be won! Please remember to include your name and address when sending in any competition entries!

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You think you know about whales and dolphins Have a go at our super quiz.

Blue whales are If you get stuck, look for pregnant for helpful hints on the WDC website whales.org/kidzone a.6-8 months b.8-10 months

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Which one of these is not a type of dolphin? a. Bottlenose b. Pilot whale c. Orca d. Sperm whale

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What is the correct name for a dolphin’s nose?

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Which three dolphins are hiding in these muddled jigsaw pieces? Tick the box next to the correct dolphin

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PRIZE!!!!!!!!!

You could win a weekend for the family (two adults, two kids) at the National Space Centre in Leicester.

To enter, cut along the dotted line and send the completed page with your name and address to:

SPLASH!, WDC, Brookfield House, 38 St Paul Street, Chippenham SN15 1LJ. Or email your answers to: splash@whales.org by 1 October 2015.

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Dolphin defenders We find out what makes Sunnyside Primary School in Glasgow so special

Can you tell me some of the things that make your school so special?

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he thing that makes Sunnyside so special is that it’s not just a normal school – it’s a school of conservation. We have lots of small animals and care for each other and the environment. We also adopt Fife, Mischief, Kesslet, Moonlight, Rainbow and Spirit, and our teacher Miss Perrie adopts Sundance.

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about the environment?

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ecause we are the future generation and if people don’t take care of the environment now, we’ll regret it in years to come. If the world is not clean, then it’s bad for us as well as the environment.

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e have learned soooo much.

It hasn’t been easy learning about some things, such as all the dolphin killing in Japan, but we need to know and learn.

Our teacher Miss Perrie showed us a video to teach us about these deaths in Japan.

It is called My Friend Is… and we found it very moving.

would like to share with the whale and dolphin-loving readers of Splash!?

To see the video My Friend Is… go to bit.ly/myfriendis

ANSWERS FROM PAGE 6: 1. Humpback; 2. 10-12 months; 3. True; 4. Blue whale, fin whale and sei whale; 5. False; 6. Beak or snout; 7. True; 8. Dorsal, pectoral and tail; 9. Sperm whale; 10. It’s the one on the left!

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e are Sunnyside Ocean Defenders, we are ordinary people trying to make a difference. You can make a difference too. Ask your teacher if you can tell your class about whales and dolphins and how they can make a difference, just like the pupils at Sunnyside Primary School. And whatever you do, don’t go to places where they keep captive whales and dolphins.

To find out more about the many wonderful whale and dolphin species, visit WDC’s Species Guide at whales.org/ species-guide

Bottlenose dolphin

Commercial fishing is one of the biggest threats that these creatures face. Bottlenose dolphins often get caught in fishing nets and sadly drown.

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One of the differences between dolphins and porpoises is the shape of their teeth… Porpoise teeth are spadeshaped while dolphin teeth are conical.

Did you know?

They can grow to almost 4m in length, depending on where they live, and weigh up to 650kg (about the same weight as a cow). Those living off Scotland are some of the largest bottlenose dolphins in the world.

Their mouths are curved, which make them look like they are always smiling.

Appearance

They eat a range of prey including fish, shrimp and squid, using echolocation to help them hunt.

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They prefer warm or mild water temperatures (known as temperate) – not freezing waters closer to the poles – and can be found in tropical oceans and as far north as Scotland (where the WDC adoption dolphins live of course!).

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The scientific name for bottlenose dolphins is Tursiops truncatus, but they are known as ‘bottlenoses’ because of the shape of their beaks.

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Learning lab Species guide Caithness, Scotland

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aithness is the most northerly region of the British mainland and is home to John O’Groats (known as ‘The start of Great Britain’). It is also a great place to view a whole variety of sea life, including several species of whales and dolphins.

Intrepid wildlife spotters are often treated to glimpses of minke whales, harbour porpoises and humpback whales. Orcas are also a recurring sight, their arrival coinciding with common seal pupping season.

April to July is regarded as the best time to see these awesome creatures, with the number of reported sightings increasing each year.

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rcas are one of the top predators of the sea and are the largest member of the dolphin family. They are known for their distinctive black and white colouration. Orcas feed on fish, octopus and seals, and

sometimes migrate between Scotland and Iceland in response to changes in food levels.

Amaze your friends

Final call for ideal homes!

If you have not yet sent us your drawing of a whale or dolphin’s ideal home, then there’s still a chance to take part. We’ll use your contributions to help in our Homes for Whales campaign when we visit the Scottish government. To find out more and to download your colouring sheet, visit whales.org/kidzone

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ust like us humans, dolphins like to hang out with their friends.

Researchers have recently discovered that dolphins often stay together in ‘gangs’.

By watching dolphins living in the Indian River Lagoon on the Florida coast,

scientists have also seen that these gangs tend to stick to areas of the lagoon that they like the best.

The lagoon, which is 56 miles long and of varying width, is home to six different dolphin groups and the research suggests that where the dolphins choose to stay will affect their relationships. For instance, dolphin groups

Factoid Sperm whales have the biggest brains in the animal kingdom that live in the narrower sections of the lagoon are members of smaller gangs and have fewer friends than those living in the wider sections.

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hese energetic animals are fast swimmers, reaching speeds of up to 15 miles per hour. They are

extremely acrobatic, often leaping clear of the water. Due to their inquisitive nature,

they often approach boats to ride the bow wave and are easy to spot because of their distinctive colouring and the hourglass patterns on their sides.

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dult Risso’s dolphins measure up to 3.8 metres in length and can live for up to 30 years.

As they grow, their bodies are increasingly covered with scars caused by their favourite prey, squid.

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ith bulbous foreheads and robust bodies that can reach an impressive 6.3 metres in length, long-finned pilot whales are sociable creatures that are often found in deep waters off the north and west coast of Scotland. They can dive up to 500 metres, mainly feeding on fish, squid and shrimp.

Question time Bottlenose dolphins like to travel in social groups and communicate with each other using a system of squeaks and whistles.

Travelling in a group is very important to the happiness, safety and survival of dolphins. Pods of dolphins have even been known to come to the aid of an injured dolphin and help him or her to the surface to breathe.

The recent discoveries in the Indian River Lagoon

Is an orca a whale or a dolphin? make it clearer than ever that dolphins are extremely intelligent and complex creatures. We already know that dolphins can feel strong emotions about their friends and family, and the discovery that they live in tight-knit social groups shows how dolphins are in many ways just like us!

Asked by Esther French and Brodie Dack

Orcas are actually the world’s largest dolphins. Even though they are sometimes called killer whales, they belong to the same scientific family as other dolphins including the bottlenose.

The same goes for pilot whales!

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By Charli Phillips

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ummer is finally here and all things dolphin-related are beginning to speed up – at long last. The migratory salmon run is still a bit patchy but thankfully for the dolphins’ sake there are other good oil-rich fishy items on the ‘menu’ to keep body and soul together, such as mackerel, sprats and herring.

These fish are essential for dolphin mums who are still feeding last season’s babies on their rich, thick milk.

My sightings of the adoption dolphins have been great so far this year, with all accounted for and looking great. There have been sightings of many different whale and dolphin species coming in from all over the Moray Firth since the start of the season, including the adoption dolphins of course, but also magnificent orcas (only a few kilometres from our Scottish Dolphin Centre), humpback whales, minke whales, common dolphins and harbour porpoises. Wow!

Mischief

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ischief has been in the Chanonry area a little more often than his big buddy Sundance. And I have seen him a few times on his own or with another slightly younger male,

prowling up and down the Chanonry Narrows.

He usually sits out in the very deepest water until a big fish swims towards him, then all of a sudden there is water spray everywhere! I recently

had him right beside me while I was out on the Ecoventures boat. He also came bombing past me at Chanonry Point heading speedily out to sea – he was on a real mission.

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have seen Spirit and her 2014 baby quite a few times in the Chanonry Narrows recently and have been able to point her out to quite a

few supporters. She never seems to be that far away, so I can get a good look at her and take some land-based photos, too. Her lovely baby is allowed to

spend more time away from her side playing with other wee ones, but always under the watchful eye of one of the mums doing ‘crèche duty’.

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Find out how your adopted whales and dolphins are getting on Rainbow

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esslet has been quite active over a fairly wide area. Being the ‘urban’ dolphin that she is, she has even gone right into the harbour at Inverness, catching salmon as they find their way through the harbour, up the River Ness. If there are no salmon migrating then she is quickly out and about in the Kessock Channel, often in the company of her son Charlie, looking for fish going towards the River Beauly, and delighting visitors to our Dolphin and Seal Centre.

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ainbow and her three-year-old youngster have been around a few times a week at Chanonry Point, waiting for fish to arrive in the rising tide. But I have also come across them in the Cromarty Firth, in the company of a few other dolphins like Mischief and Sundance. Mother and child are both looking good, with Rainbow’s young son being very socially active, breaching around a lot to thrill the tour boat passengers and also catching nice small fish for himself. You can help name Rainbow’s son.

See page 3 for the information you need.

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oonlight and her baby are often in the same social group as Spirit and her little one.

She even did a bit of joint babysitting for Spirit recently, when they were over near Fort George.

Moonlight is often one of the first dolphins to turn up at Chanonry on a rising tide and is, as usual, deadly accurate at attacking salmon – and looking so good while she does it too.

undance is a very busy lad at this time of year, but I was still treated to a very close up sighting recently. He looks more scratched up than ever, but still superb.

Unusually for him, at this time of year, Sundance wasn’t

sticking like glue to the side of a lovely girl dolphin, but instead was being one of the ‘lads’. He surrounded himself with slightly younger males who were mucking about and biting each other’s tails – funny and also fascinating to watch.

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Orca Odysseys

By Helena Symonds & Paul Spong

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hile the adoption orcas are part of the northern resident population who live in the Northern Pacific, we also love to hear news about the southern residents (who live along the north

west coast of the USA and the south west coast of Canada). This year, they welcomed four new babies, and at least one of them is known to be female. The endangered southern residents are in desperate need of more female babies because, if they live long enough, they will hopefully then go on to become mums and increase the population.

As for the adoption orcas, while writing this Bend’s family, the A30s, has very recently been seen at the rubbing beach and circling Hanson Island.

So, the orcas are on their way here and we hope that as summer unfolds we’ll have more news of all the orcas for you.

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e’re happy to tell you that Fife’s group was seen this spring by our colleagues at Cetacea Lab on the north coast of British Columbia. Like many of us, they have a strong attachment to the orcas and are very happy to let us know when they spot an orca family. The orca watching season starts earlier up there than it does down here,

with the whales usually making their way down towards us in Johnstone Strait later in the summer. This difference in arrival times is most likely due to the habit of Chinook salmon.

Each year these fish first return to the northern rivers where they were born and, being the orcas’ favourite prey, their movements are followed closely by the whales.

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ast season, Holly was one of the most regularly seen orcas here, keeping up a fairly steady presence from when she arrived on 16 July. This year, she and her family – alongside Simoom – were spotted in early June off the north coast of British Columbia.

They may already be making the long journey down the coast toward the Johnstone Strait area, and anticipation is in the air.

Recently, while watching from a beautiful old wooden vessel called ‘Gikumi’, we saw two large Chinook salmon swim past in the clear calm waters, and we could easily imagine one of Holly’s family there ready to pursue this tasty bite!

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his year, Simoom and her family were seen in early June off the north coast of British Columbia.

They were all looking well and were in the company of Holly’s group, a friendship which has lasted for many years. Fingers crossed that everything will go well for the whole season and they’ll find plenty to eat.

Hunting salmon can be tricky and not always a sure thing, despite the expertise of an orca like Simoom.

Perhaps that’s why orcas often share their prize catches with each other.

Just like good friends should!

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e will certainly be excited to see Bend once more! She belongs to one of the great orca families. In nearby Telegraph Cove there is even a T-shirt for sale with portraits of each member of Bend’s ‘A30’ family arranged according to their family tree.

In the early days, Bend’s greatgrandmother, Nicola, was the centre of so much of the summer orca scene. Nicola’s voice lives on, echoed in the calls she passed on to the younger generations. So when we next hear those distinctive calls on the hydrophones, we know we will soon see Bend’s lovely family again!

Humpback Headlines

By Regina Asmutis-Silvia

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he summer whale watching season is well under way and already close to 250 Gulf of Maine humpbacks have been identified. Forty-two of them are new mums who have calves in tow.

Unfortunately not all of the new sightings are cause for joy. It is with much sadness that I share with you the death of Spinnaker.

Spinnaker was only 11, but had already experienced two entanglements. Thankfully, in both cases, rescue crews from the Campobello Whale Rescue Team and Center for Coastal Studies were

able to free her. She was again spotted and freed from gear this past May, but it was clear that this event had left her injured. Her body was found in Bar Harbour, Maine, about a month later.

I’ll have the final tally of humpbacks spotted and new calves for you in the winter issue.

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idnight is at least 37 years old and consistently returns to the Gulf of Maine to feed each summer. Midnight was first seen on the 1 August last year by our friends at the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown. WDC saw her on five consecutive days, the last of which was 13 October. This year, she was spotted much earlier, in the spring, and although neither our staff nor interns have seen her in-person yet, the whale watching season has only just begun. We’ll bring you news of Midnight and her family in the winter edition of Splash!

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s Salt has such a large group of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren reared in the Gulf of Maine, we are bound to see several of them each season.

Salt was spotted on the 19 April and several of her offspring have also been sighted, including five-yearold Zelle, seven-year-old

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Sanchal and 15-year-old Mostaza, as well as both of Mostaza’s children (Salt’s grandchildren), Migration and Mostaza’s 2014 calf.

One of Salt’s grandchildren has been seen; 17-year-old Etch-aSketch. Etch-a-Sketch had a calf last year, giving Salt her first great-grand calf.

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eflection is the youngest adoptable humpback. She is at least 23 and has had four known calves. We have not only seen Reflection this season but have also

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sighted two of her calves, Buzzard and her 2014 unnamed calf.

You may remember that naming newly identified humpbacks is up to the experts. The name must

e are still awaiting the return of the beloved Pepper and to see if she has a calf with her. Pepper is at least 39 years old and her last known calf was born in 2011. Although Pepper hasn’t been spotted, two of her offspring have! Eightyear-old Striation was sighted, as was 15-year-old Habanero, who showed up with her third calf, Pepper’s third grand-calf! While females can start having calves as young as five, most wait until they are a bit older to take on the challenges of motherhood.

reflect a mark or pattern on their fluke, and less frequently, marks on their body. Reflection’s calf from last year may have a name very soon – we’ll let you know what it is next time.

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It’s Splash! magazine’s sponsored silence Don’t whine, whoop or even whisper and raise money for whales and dolphins

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an you stay silent for one hour or more to help protect whales and dolphins?

All you need to do is ask family and friends to sponsor you to stay quiet and, if you are our top fundraiser, you will earn your very own article in the magazine – just like Keira-Grace Castledine!

Simply write down the names of the people who sponsor you and the amount they donate on the sponsorship form below.

Send us your sponsor forms and amount collected

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SPONSOR FORM

When you have completed your sponsored silence and collected the money you can ask an adult to send it to us.

They can write a cheque and send it to WDC, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Brookfield House, 38 St Paul Street, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 1LJ. Don’t forget to put your sponsorship form in the letter so we know who you are! Good luck!

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Editor Jess Feghali-Brown with invaluable help from Julia Thoms SPLASH! is sent to all junior whale and dolphin supporters by WDC Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Brookfield House, 38 St Paul Street, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 1LJ Registered Charity No. 1014705 Tel 01249 449500 Email splash@whales.org Patrons John Craven; Monty Halls; Miranda Krestovnikoff; Michaela Strachan Published for WDC by Think Editor Andrew Cattanach Design Katherine Pentney, Matthew Ball and Alistair McGown Sub Editor Andrew Littlefield Publisher John Innes Cover pic Glen McBeth Cartoons Glen McBeth and others Think, Suite 2.3, Red Tree Business Suites, 33 Dalmarnock Road, Glasgow G40 4LA Tel 0141 582 1280 www.thinkpublishing.co.uk WDC cannot guarantee the return of unsolicited articles, photographs, etc. Reproduction of articles is not permitted without approval. Opinions expressed in SPLASH! do not necessarily reflect those of WDC.

COMPETITION TERMS AND CONDITIONS: SPLASH! competitions are open to residents of the British Isles, Eire and the Channel Islands, except employees of WDC, Think and their families, or any associated companies. SPLASH! will not share your personal details with third parties. Only one competition entry per person. Winners will be the first correct entries drawn after the closing dates. The editor’s decision is final. Entrants to SPLASH! competitions must be 14 or under. No purchase necessary. No responsibility can be taken for entries lost or damaged in transit. SPLASH! will not enter into any correspondence. Winners will be notified and their names and addresses available on request. No cash alternatives will be offered. The winner may be required to partake in media activity relating to the competition. Congratulations to the following winner from last issue – your prize is in the post! Draw My Ideal Home: Laurie Horwood; Hebridean Highlights: Madison Connor, Harry Legate, Sasha Wright. Winners are picked at random from all correct entries. Remember to tell us what you think about SPLASH! by emailing splash@whales.org

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