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A video of the Port River dolphins

September 9, 2013 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

I received an email from Paul and Debbie Huxtable, two Australian wildlife photographers who have generously shared photos and information in the past about the Port River dolphins. They’ve been very busy developing a music video about the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary to raise awareness of the plight of this special pod of dolphins. There are… [read more]

Filed Under: Dolphins Tagged With: bottlenose dolphin, cetacean, dolphin, port river dolphins, wildlife photography

Great footage of Billie the Port River dolphin

May 22, 2012 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

During December of last year, I wrote several posts about the Adelaide Port River dolphins featuring amazing photos and information from Paul and Debbie Huxtable, a pair of fabulous wildlife photographers who live in Adelaide, South Australia and post many great photos on their Adelaide Port River dolphins website. This week I received an email… [read more]

Filed Under: Dolphins Tagged With: bottlenose dolphin, cetacean, dolphin, nature photography, port river dolphins, whale watching, wildlife photography

Visiting the Adelaide Port River dolphins

December 23, 2011 by Carolyn Kraft 3 Comments

Now that I’ve learned so much about the Adelaide Port River dolphins, I would love to travel to Adelaide and go dolphin watching.  But if I actually invested the time and money to travel all the way to South Australia…would I see any dolphins? And do Wave and her pod hang out in the Port… [read more]

Filed Under: Dolphins Tagged With: cetacean, dolphin, port river dolphins, whale watching

Adelaide Port River dolphins: update on Wave

December 18, 2011 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

Now that we’ve concluded Billie the dolphin’s story, it’s time for a more detailed update on Wave (Billie’s tail walking predecessor). First a recap: I found out about Wave in April of 2010 from an email that was sent out to marine mammal experts and fans looking for information on dolphin skin conditions. Wave and… [read more]

Filed Under: Dolphins Tagged With: cetacean, dolphin, pollution, port river dolphins, whale watching

Adelaide Port River dolphins: the rest of the story

December 13, 2011 by Carolyn Kraft 3 Comments

Picking up where we left off in the last post…after five years of interacting with Sandy Sanford, a retired policeman, Billy the dolphin stops showing up for early morning swims with the racing horses in 1988. Here’s the conclusion to this fascinating story from Paul Huxtable: “Shortly after he [Billy the dolphin] went missing, a… [read more]

Filed Under: Dolphins, Photography Tagged With: bottlenose dolphin, cetacean, dolphin, port river dolphins, whale watching

Adelaide Port River dolphins: starting from the beginning

December 10, 2011 by Carolyn Kraft 3 Comments

The story of the Adelaide Port River dolphins is much more interesting than I ever imagined! To understand how Wave became such a famous tail walking dolphin, we have to revisit the year 1983 where it all started with a man, a dog, a horse and a dolphin named Billy. Paul Huxtable shared this amazing… [read more]

Filed Under: Dolphins, Photography Tagged With: captivity, cetacean, dolphin, port river dolphins, whale watching

Introducing the Adelaide Port River dolphins

December 6, 2011 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

One of the wonderful things about having a website is the ability to connect with people from all over the world. Around Thanksgiving, I received an email from Debbie and Paul Huxtable, a couple who lives in Adelaide, South Australia. Not only are they a couple, but they also happen to be a couple of… [read more]

Filed Under: Dolphins, Photography Tagged With: cetacean, dolphin, port river dolphins, whale watching

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