Today, (laughs) well, the thing I would probably wish I had a lot more of is the skills I could use with the computer, the computer age. You know, having a support staff all the time, I hardly had to do anything, it was great. Now that I’m on my… Read More
“Why are you doing this?… Read More
Or what’s the purpose?” And even if it’s silly, it’s okay. You can laugh. Read More
They can’t change their environment. They can’t change poaching. It’s us, so I don’t see why people wouldn’t wanna take a higher ground and a moral obligation to caring for animals, and then, in the same token, care for each other. It’d be nice if we did that. Now we… Read More
What made you a good animal manager in all the positions here?… Read More
I think what made me good at what I’m doing, or did, I’m still doing it, is I listen well. God gave you two ears and one mouth for a reason, so you can listen more than you can talk. And I know I may not sound like that in… Read More
How, specifically, is SeaWorld helping cetaceans in the wild?… Read More
Specifically, one of the works we’re doing, well, we’re involved with the vaquita project right off the bat. We have people in Mexico with the team down there that are experts on handling and veterinary care. We’re doing work up in the Pacific Northwest cataloging most of the deaths of… Read More
What do you mean by that?… Read More
Well, I mean by that is simply we we’re losing touch with how beautiful this world could be. I mean, I see all the nonsense on the news with what people do to people. It’s just horrible, but I just can’t believe that somebody wants to abuse a dog or… Read More
So the top 20, 30 projects, once you get to like $1.1 million, we’re done. Read More
But you don’t have to take the top?… Read More
If you see something that’s, “Well, wait a minute, this is important,” you could- We can do the that. Or if we know the group. And we have found over the years that certain groups do great work, but the people writing their proposals change so the quality of the… Read More
It comes from a lot of different sources. It comes from members of the public that come through the gates of our parks. It comes from companies like Coca-Cola. And it comes from some of the merchandise opportunities here in the park. If you buy like some of these cups… Read More
So somebody along the line said something, either to her or a member of the family, said, “You ought give some money to the conservation from from SeaWorld.” So it really comes from all over the place. Read More
And how do you decide who receives funding?… Read More
We get about 400 proposals a year. We do two funding cycles. We split it a half year, a half year. And, based upon the subject matter or the discipline, if it’s a bird project or a salt water project or a freshwater or a carnivore, we route it through… Read More
What are the significances of J.K. O’Brien and T.R. Robeck’s paper, “The Value of Ex Situ Cetacean Populations in Understanding Reproductive Physiology”?… Read More
Well, Dr. Justine O’Brien and Todd Robeck are pioneers in artificial reproductive technology. And the work they’ve done, again, and I may be repeating myself, with citations and pinnipeds is the idea that you can move genetic materials. And I think this is very important for the whole idea of… Read More
When you help the conservation fund, how do you generate funding for the conservation fund now?… Read More