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The International Shark Attack Research Fund (ISARF),  sponsored by International Wildlife Veterinary Services, Inc., is a private non-profit educational foundation and research center.  ISARF is now gathering critical data on all current and new innovative techniques, systems, and methods to prevent shark attacks on humans with an emphasis on dolphin interaction.
 

Todd Endris is spearheading the ISARF advisory committee after a Great White Shark attacked him three times, "I never want anyone to go through what happened to me! And shark attacks are occurring more than ever. This doesn't need to continue! That's why we created this non-profit foundation. Please send whatever you can! The technology is here, we just need the funding to develop it. Every dollar makes a difference."

Book Release: "Saved by Dolphins"
The Todd Endris Story

Todd's book  will be on the bookstands soon. It's an incredible saga of his violent underwater struggle for survival with the largest predatory fish on the planet.

Attacked three times in under a minute and with half of his blood gone Todd was locked in a loosing struggle for his life. Suddenly a pod of dolphins intervened forming a wall between himself and the shark.

Seeing the distraction caused by the dolphins Joe Jansen, a fellow surfer, risked his life and swam into the blood pool to help Todd onto his surfboard.

Almost immediately a small wave appeared that Todd knows was Heaven sent and took them all the way to the beach where another series of miracles would help to save his life several more times. It's an inspirational story of survival against all odds.

Todd was attacked by a  3,000 pound Great White while surfing in in California, on August 28, 2007. When Todd was struggling for life, a pod of Bottlenose Dolphins intervened and formed a wall around the injured surfer giving him a split second to escape the jaws of the 17 foot shark. Click on "Todd's Story" for a video and more information.

Todd was immediately helped by three heroic surfers, given first aid, then air lifted to a trauma center where he was not expected to live. Todd had lost half of his blood and after a grueling five and a half hour surgery, during which he received 700 sutures, he miraculously recovered to tell his story.

This amazing tale of survival has given Todd a new passion and commitment in his life. He never wants this horrendous accident to happen to anyone, anywhere, ever again.

The ISARF Project will use cutting edge technology and focus resources to collaborate with the worlds top experts and scientists who study sharks and dolphins and their interactions with humans.  Your continued financial and intellectual support will make a huge difference with helping us keep the oceans safer for swimmers, surfers, scuba divers and kayakers.
 
 
Our heartfelt thanks to our friend Dean Bernal for helping us to understand wild dolphins. Dean is world-famous for his twenty year relationship with a wild dolphin named JoJo. A feature length movie chronicling Dean's life with JoJo is scheduled to me released in the spring of 2009. Visit "The Dean and JoJo Story" website for more information.