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Dean B

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Honolulu, Hawaii
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My bio, CV and videos of my work is on my web site. Please Google search for DEAN AND JOJO . Org..... or DEAN BERNAL AND JOJO THE DOLPHIN. (408) 76... DIRECT for text msgs. Experienced in estate home security and animal care and exercise. I shall need Internet connection for my time in your home, or with pets. You will see by my web site I am always working on animal and children welfare programs. I am very reliable and experienced. I'm sure I can assist any needs for security in your home or for your pet (s). A week minimum or long term house sitting is preferred. Pets, plants, security, mail etc., are all OK and part of the job. Waikiki, or nearby is my preferred location for small or medium sized pets in apartments, condos, and/or larger pets or longer term house sitting for estate homes or properties nearby. Usually, annual vacations and trips can be scheduled for consecutive years so you do not have to continually search for a new house sitters or pets sitter. Your pets and I will become close friends. It will be a pleasure to meet you, and to make sure your home and pet are secure. Please see more info below. Dean Bernal has been likened to “a cross between Dian Fossey, Jane Goodall, and Crocodile Dundee”. Excerpts from the story of Dean and JoJo have been featured in countless books, TV specials and movies including the Academy Award nominated IMAX film Dolphins, narrated by Pierce Brosnan, two PBS specials: In the Wild: Dolphins with Robin Williams, and Dolphins: Close Encounters with George Page, & featured on World News Tonight. BBC, Cousteau and Nature specials have also feature excerpts of Dean Bernal and JoJo. Dean has received letters praising his conservation work from the British Royal Family. His work has appeared in such magazines as Discover, People, GEO, Cousteau, Esquire National Geographic companion book to the Dolphin’s IMAX film, and National Geographic Kids Magazine. Parts of Dean and JoJo’s story have also been published with Jane Goodall, Tim Cahill, Cynthia Moss, Hermann Sülberg, and Johanna Weland and also published in numerous other quality books. Dean Bernal was raised in California coastal communities and graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dean first visited the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1981. Three small sociable dolphins swam in the shallow coastal waters. One would become known as JoJo and befriended by Dean and many island residents. The life of JoJo seems legendary, but the books and archive films are created directly from the observations, and research recorded by Dean Bernal on his amazing and heart warming journeys with JoJo. Dean created The Marine Wildlife Foundation to protect lone dolphins like JoJo by providing legal protection, medical attention, public education and research. JoJo was declared a National Treasure of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and JoJo’s caretaker and friend, Dean, was appointed his official warden. Dean Bernal is a spokesperson, film producer, director, and wildlife advocate. Dean is especially known for his many years of expertise leading whale encounter expeditions in the Turks and Caicos and Tonga and the academy award nomination in DOLPHINS IMAX by MacGillivray films. The Dean and JoJo Story US e-publication is in its entirety with added photos. The European published version is translated by Jochen Lehner who translated books by Dalai Lama, Deepak Chopra, Debbie Ford, Marianne Williamson, Dan Millman, B.K.S. Lyengar, JH Brennan, Lama Surya Das, Neale D. Walsch, Bernie S. Siegel, and many other notable authors in the same merits of Dean and JoJo’s purpose. Dean has been a keynote speaker and lecturer at numerous colleges and universities, film premieres, and venues such as the Royal Geographic Society in London. He has participated in lecture series with film promotions with Adventure Writer Tim Cahill; Underwater Explorer Jennifer Carter; Marine Biologist, Eugenie Clark, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Sylvia Earle, Virginia McKenna, Richard Ellis, Chris Newbert & Birgitte Wilms, Roger Payne, Jim Stewart, Bob Talbot, Stan Waterman, Wyland, and many others. Today, Dean uses his ongoing experiences as a key note speaker for incentive building and also a promoter of peace by sharing his books, films and the award-winning Dean and JoJo anti-bullying and peace resolution DVD program with teachers, schools, therapists, and psychologists. QUOTES ABOUT DEAN BERNAL ---Robin Williams “Dean’s a rare species. Dean and JoJo have known each other for over two decades and Dean’s amazing ability in the water makes him the perfect companion for JoJo and he found a great opportunity to study a wild dolphin. The fact that Dean can hold his breath for about five minutes, to a dolphin it’s like saying, I like that! He must not seem like a regular human to them. Dean and JoJo obviously have a physical comedy of which they are playing. They’re expression is like, ‘What? Hay! Come’on, I’ve been around for 30 million years and I like you guys, you’re wild!’ I think JoJo and Dean are party mammals.” ---Pierce Brosnan “JoJo would not have protected Dean from the Hammerhead Shark if he hadn’t felt strong emotion. There’s no denying that the bond between them is very real.” ---George Page – PBS “Nature” “JoJo’s attraction to Bernal goes far beyond curiosity. It seems to be a genuine longing for companionship. Dean Bernal is one of the lucky few, and he knows it, for JoJo has bestowed upon him a rare gift, friendship with a creature that is wild and free. Could it be that other minds are capable of communicating with us who inhabit our sea?” ---Dr. Ken Norris “I think that there’s no more important single experience than the direct wordless contact between a person and these wonderful animals. There’s a lot that goes back and forth between the person and the animal in those moments.” ---Bob Talbot “JoJo was so focused on Dean that wherever Dean went it was like a dog following him around. You almost think JoJo as a captive animal because it just couldn’t be true. It’s almost dream-like.” ---Dr. Laurie Moore, PhD “Children with cancer, other life-threatening illnesses, or burns are populations that will receive particular benefits from the Dean and JoJo Therapeutic Intervention Program. In my own practice, people with depression, anxiety and other emotional problems have also benefited.” Dean

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