It was a brilliant event. You would have enjoyed it i'm sure. :)

They have an actual con for whales? XD thats awesome

It surprised me just as much when i heard of it.
As far as i know it's one of the first of it's kind in the UK and probably the largest in Europe. 2,500+ attendees!

Dang, i wish i was in the UK lol.

That looks like it was great, hope you had a good time there dude. :)

Oh yes it was much fun. The people there were warm and welcoming. I learnt new things and helped raise awareness for some current events related to cetacean captivity.

On that subject, are there any charities or organisations for whale welfare/captivity issues you could recommend? I'd love to help out, I'm still thinking about going back to school and taking up something like biology with a view to working in the marine environment. :)

Tough question. There is a lot of organisations out there that do great things and raise awareness.
Any organisation like WDCS, The Black Fish, OceanCare.. the list goes on!

You also have the more extreme guys like the Sea Shephards (You may have heard of them on the Discovery channel programe Whale Wars. They like to harass the whalers and prevent them from poaching).
Not sure if they are taking actual volunteers, i wouldn't recommend it anyway. :P

If you want to potentially get more hands on, I know The Black Fish are seeking crew. Local stranding rescue are always accepting volunteers who can be on stand-by to aid stranded marine mammals. British Divers Marine Life Rescue is one example. http://www.bdmlr.org.uk/

You could also try volunteering with some whale watchers and researchers. There's quite a few on the Welsh coast that i believe are seeking helping hands.

One key issue currently is with Morgan the Orca. You'll find out information about her here. www.freemorgan.com
Even if you could spread the word about her, donate or share around this petition helps. We need to make a stand that companies can't just claim stranded cetaceans for their own needs and profits.
http://www.change.org/petitions/rel.....-into-the-wild

If you have any plans to attend WhaleFest 2012 no doubt they'll need volunteers to staff the event.

If you want more info on a specific areas, note me. I'll dig up what i got.

Thank you Swainy, I'll have a read of what you've linked me so far and let you know if I need more! Thank you.

I would have done everything in my power to take that orca home with me ;)

Haha i wanted to! It would not have fit through the doors though! They aren't cheap either!

Omg I want to go to whalefest so bad! Sucks it's in europe ;-; well, sucks for me at least.

Next year should be bigger and better! Why not save up and use the excuse to visit the UK? People seem like like touring London. :P

I'll make it out there one of these days, I plan on attending Eurofurence either next year or the year after.

That seems like a pretty neat event. How many days did it run?

2 days. So many events, not enough time! Would have been better run over 3 days really.

I didn't see this! :O ANd woah, so many cute cetaceans in that pic! Specially that one with arms :D

this was in the uk? no wonder i didn't know about it :V

Yes! It was in Brighton. City of the gays. Perfect for cetaceans! P:

the whole dolphins are just gay sharks thing precedes us everywhere i suppose XD