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                   About volunters, emloyees, and staff of CDSP
 
   CDSP has only two  paid hourly (student) staff and does not accept volunters outside the
   Orange Coast College campus community.  We also do accept requests for volunters. 
   Here's why! The project was designed, from the beginning, to involve full-time,  enrolled,  
   undergraduate students of Marine Science (in good standing - GPA) from    
   Orange Coast College, ONLY!  The project director (Dennis Kelly) is unpaid for his
    participation.  Due to the very low annual budget of CDSP, we do not have
   the funds or personnel to provide internships, other paid positions, or volunter opportunities
   to people outside the O.C.C. campus community.  Opportunities to work on "other"
   dolphin and whale research projects do exist, however, with organizations like Earthwatch
  and the School for Field Studies (both have websites on the internet). 
                 Funding and Donations to CDSP
   Funding for CDSP comes from various sources including donations by individuals, out of the
    pockets of the CDSP directors, donations by student participants, donations by public citizen
    groups, and some business and corporate funding.  The annual budget has varied from $1,200
    to $12,000 in a single year!  CDSP is greatful for all and any donations and falls under the
    umbrella of the Orange Coast College Foundation, as a tax exempt project. Anyone wishing
    to donate to CDSP should make out checks to CDSP and send them to c/o Dennis Kelly at
    the address listed on page 1 (click here).  All donations will be acknowledged with a return
    "thank you" letter from the Orange Coast College Foundation. 

                          On April 15, 2005 Sea Life Park announced that the worlds
  only captive "wolphin" (a cross 19 years ago by a male false killer whale -
  -Pseudorca crassidans - and a female bottlenose dolphin - Tursiops truncatus -
  gave birth to a female hybird "wolphin" (see photos below).  Now the adult
  wolphin, which many thought would be similar to a sterile mule (a cross
  between a horse and a donkey) has surprised everyone by mating with
  another male bottlenose dolphin and producing a healthy calf of her own.
  Thus far, trainers at Sea Life Park say the mother and calf are doing fine
  and the baby is exhibiting all of the behaviors normal to a bottlenose dolphin
  calf. 
          Original Wolphin Family                  Wolphin at 19 years old
  Calf and Wolphin Mom                             Calf and Wolphin Mom