Dolphins have always been my favorite animal so it was only natural for me to join Oceana’s campaign to help save endengered marine mammals.

Dolphins are some of the smartest animals on the planet. Their intelligence is likely both a result of and a driver of their complex social structures. They generally live in small groups and organize complex, group behaviors when mating and hunting. Despite being one of the ocean’s most iconic inhabitants, dolphins continue to face alarming threats to their survival – from oil spills to accidental death as bycatch in fisheries.

So what does it mean to adopt a dolphin? Oceana campaigns around the world to protect dolphins and other marine mammals. This symbolic adoption supports their proven campaigns to prevent dolphin deaths as bycatch in fisheries; stop the expansion of new offshore drilling, oil spills and seismic airgun blasting; and defend landmark legislation that ensures dolphins receive the protections they need. All donations go toward making our world's oceans healthier and safer, for generations to come.

Oceana is dedicated to protecting and restoring the world's oceans on a global scale by advocating for science-based fishery management and restoring the world's oceans. Oceana seeks to make our oceans as rich, healthy, and abundant as they once were by winning policy victories in the countries that govern much of the world's marine life.

Since its founding, Oceana has won more than 200 victories and protected more than 4.5 million square miles of ocean. Find out more about how Oceana is helping to save the oceans victory by victory.