Kim Beddall, animal advocate and conservationist, born and raised in Pickering, Ontario, Canada, arrived in the Dominican Republic, in December 1983.
Kim is the founder of commercial whale watching in Samaná, now considered one of the
top ten destinations in the world to observe threatened North Atlantic Humpback whales.
“Our Humpbacks are all born here, that makes them Dominican citizens, they migrate north to feed but always return to their beautiful homeland in the Caribbean.”
Kim has not only lived a childhood dream to “touch” whales but turned that dream into a significant economic benefit for her adopted community.
Whale Samaná promotes responsible whale watching as a viable economic alternative to whaling and a sustainable, non lethal, use of this amazing resource, patrimony of the Dominican Republic and the greater Caribbean.