firmm Blog

Curious sperm whale and pilot whale baby

In spring they have high season in the Strait of Gibraltar - the sperm whales.

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Astonishment about great awareness even amongst the youngest

We wanted to tell the children a little bit about the whales and dolphins in the Strait of Gibraltar and inform them about environmental protection.

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About charlas, fin whale babies and good karma – The everyday life of a volunteer at firmm

Rather, I’d like to start by telling you the story of how I ended up in Tarifa to work for firmm.

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OBSERVADORs welcome after the winter break

We know him as the only sperm whale that likes to come to the boat and observes us.

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Baby Day

...there are two blows - a big and a small one, announced Katharina.

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The new season 2018 begins with sightings of Pilot whales, Bottlenose dolphins and Sperm whales

I've been waiting for a day like this to join a dolphin and whale watching trip.

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20th firmm gathering on February 17th 2018 in Aarau

The annual firmm meeting had a very special theme. This year the foundation celebrates its 20th anniversary!
Therefore, a large number of people came to celebrate this anniversary and to acknowledge firmm's work of many years.

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Katharina and the „Gschtabi“

Katharina sits calmly between the presenter Sonja Hasler and Edy Hubacher. On February 11th she is guest on the programme „Persönlich (Personally) of the Swiss radio channel SRF1.Over half a million listeners follow this popular radio talk show every Sunday morning.

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The Saison 2017 – a retrospective

In the season of 2017 Tarifa has once again shown its rough side.

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The University of Basel awards an honorary doctorate to Katharina Heyer

On a beautiful mild sunny day Katharina received a very special kind of recognition. She has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Basel and is now entitled to call herself Dr. h. c (honoris causa).

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