# Cetacean Research &amp; Rescue Unit (Crru)

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC035473
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Unincorporated association
- **Registered:** March 9, 2004
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC035473


## Contact

- **Address:** 48 Seatown, Gardenstown, Banff, Aberdeenshire
- **Postcode:** AB45 3YQ
- **Website:** https://crru.org.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of environmental protection or improvement&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of animal welfare&#x27;,&#x27;any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes&#x27;

**What the charity does:** The CRRU is a small charity based in northeast Scotland dedicated to the welfare, conservation and protection of whales, dolphins and porpoises (cetaceans) through scientific investigation, environmental education, and the provision of a 24-hour veterinary service for sick, injured and stranded individuals.   In cooperation with universities, research institutions and other environmental organisations, current studies focus on the key coastal cetacean species frequenting the outer Moray Firth - namely the bottlenose dolphin, harbour porpoise and the minke whale - aiming to increase present knowledge of these animals in our UK coastal waters and provide robust scientific data for the adoption of management measures and conservation strategies for their protection.  CRRU further operates the only 24-hr dedicated response team of marine mammal scientists in northeast Scotland assisting live-stranded whales and dolphins in trouble.

**Objectives:** The aims and objects of the charity shall be: a) to protect and conserve cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) and othe rmarine life for the public benefit, through scientific investigation, enviromental education, and the provisions of professional veterinary assistance to sick, stranded and injured marine animals. b)to undertake relevant research in relation to cetaceans and other marine wildlife and to disseminate the useful results of such research. and c)to advance the education of the public in relation to marine wildlife and marine conservation, particalarly in Scotland.





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** Aberdeenshire
- **Geographical spread:** Wider, but within one local authority area






