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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 while surfing in California, on August 28, 2007. When Todd was struggling for life, a pod of Bottle Nosed Dolphins intervened and formed a wall around the injured surfer giving him a split second to escape the jaws of the 16 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. Dean's current passion are his two projects, the JoJo Project in the Turks & Caicos Islands which protects and takes care of JoJo the Dolphin and his habitat and his Dolphin, Whale and Marine Wildlife Foundation in the USA which conducts research, provides education, and preserves marine wildlife and habitats.

 

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