Dolphin Action and Protection Group is a non-governmental organization in South Africa which campaigns for the protection and conservation of dolphins and whales ( cetaceans ). The group was founded in 1977 by Nan Rice. DAPG has since then broadened its role and activities and has run many national educational and fundraising campaigns. Thousands of educational DAPG pamphlets are distributed each year through schools and libraries and also to fishermen and merchant vessels to prevent dumping of plastics at sea.
4-511: DAPG may refer to: 2,4-DAPG (2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol), a chemical compound Dolphin Action and Protection Group , a non-governmental organization in South Africa which campaigns for the protection and conservation of dolphins and whales Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
8-635: The Dolphin Action and Protection group said "mass strandings are extremely stressful for whales and to save stranding whales is an extremely difficult task". DAPG had an important function in making South Africa the first country in the world to protect the great white shark in 1991. Key persons involved in making the protection possible were Nan Rice (DAPG), Leonard Compagno (University of Cape Town) and Theo Ferreira (former white shark fisherman). This article about an organisation in South Africa
12-534: The drift nets, and succeeded in phasing out this fishing technique in the southern Indian and Atlantic oceans. DAPG has collaborated with Marine and Coastal Management in the formation of a South African Whale Disentanglement Unit. DAPG hit headlines in May 2009 when a decision by a pod of whales to strand themselves on the beach at Kommetjie made news on CNN and BBC. DAPG immediately got into action and started calling up its trained volunteers to go to assist. Nan Rice, head of
16-560: The title DAPG . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DAPG&oldid=546107396 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dolphin Action and Protection Group DAPG has also campaigned against high seas pelagic drift-netting which kills cetacean caught in
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