Animal Fund Company Profile
Animal Fund, originally Marine Mammal Fund, was established in 1972 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization to end the killing of dolphins in purse seine tuna fishing operations in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Expanding its efforts to include the protection of wild and domestic animals, and to elicit public involvement in this effort, the name change became effective in 1979. Since that time the Fund has been involved in a wide range of animal welfare issues and projects (see left).
The success of Animal Fund over the years has been achieved mostly because of our ability to work in harmony on important issues with many other non-profits, such as Earth Island Institute, Defenders of Wildlife, American SPCA, Humane Society of the U.S., Friends of Animals, Whale Rescue Team, Smithsonian Institution, Turtle Island, WildAid, Fund for Animals, Oceanic Society, Hawaii Wildlife Fund, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Center for Whale Research, Environmental Defense Fund, American Eagle Foundation, Bat Conservation International, Animal Place, BlueVoice, Farm Sanctuary, Australian Koala Foundation, and Earth Justice (partial list).
News from Animal Fund:
Animal Fund Announces Unveiling of Whaleopedia, a New Website Teeming With Free Information on Every Species of Whale, Dolphin, and Porpoise
Whaleopedia Provides Students, Teachers, and Cetacean Enthusiasts Everywhere an Ocean of Valuable Educational Resources, Including Exclusive Videos, Pictures, and Sound Clips GREENBRAE, Calif., March 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Animal Fund, a forty-year old non-profit organization, has launched a unique website called Whaleopedia (whaleopedia.org), which gives viewers natural history information on every species of whale, dolphin and […]
Whale and Dolphin Groups Release Video Asking Viewers to Turn Off the Olympics
GREENBRAE, Calif., Jan. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — At least 24 international animal welfare organizations have signed on to a four-minute video production, produced by the non-profit Animal Fund, asking viewers to boycott watching the 2014 Olympics because Russia, now the leader in taking whales and dolphins from the wild to sell to marine parks around […]
OdyseeTV Web-Based Television Station Launched for Saving Wildlife
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27, 2009 — Animal Fund, a San Francisco-based, 38-year-old non-profit organization, today announced the launching of a revolutionary web-based television station dedicated to promoting organizations and individuals around the world that are working to save the Earth's wildlife and wild places. OdyseeTV (http://www.odyseetv.com), hosted by actor Peter Coyote ("E.T.," "Erin Brockovich"), allows […]
