Ojai Valley Whale Society

Ojai Valley Whale Society is a non-profit organisation based in Ojai, United States working on nature & wildlife conservation, heritage, science & research +1 more.

The Ojai Valley Whale Society is a US non-profit that describes itself as a paleo-anthropological and cultural preservationist group. It works to preserve the fossil whales discovered at Lake Casitas in Ojai, California, in 2000, including the 25-million-year-old Ojaicetus specimens, and to educate the public about paleontology, the anthropology and culture of the Ojai Valley, and the Chumash people. It also campaigns to protect living whales and other cetaceans from threats such as U.S. Navy sonar, working with companion organisations. Its activities include fossil bone replicas, public exhibitions and outreach, and fundraising to prepare and install the fossilised skeleton.