No, no, San Antonio was still part of the mix, it’s all the parks that they have. There was 11 parks, and I think seven of them had animals. So everything was just moving along just fine. And where we started to run into some more problems simply was in… Read More
And then we decided to get out of the water completely. The criticism from the activists got stronger. Somewhere around 2013, a documentary was sold to CNN and they played it over and over and over and over again. And it was called “Blackfish.” And it was a slick, slick… Read More
And I sat there. And I’m looking at her in the mirror now ’cause she’s clipping my hair from behind. I said, “So you saw ‘Blackfish.'” And she goes, “Yes.” I go, “Well, tell me, what’d you think?” And she says, “Well, why did you separate the babies from their… Read More
But yet, the activists loved it. And from that point on, things got just a little bit more hairy every day. Read More
That is, what does SeaWorld consist of in 2008 to ’16 when you’re the chief zoological officer?… Read More
The consistency of the animal group or the zoological umbrella really stayed very much the same. Read More
Do you have San Antonio or, no, that’s gone?… Read More
How’s this affecting your personal life?… Read More
It always affected my personal life in some form. My wife is a wonderful person and she has a busy life with her horses and we share common interests when we’re together. I’d always communicate with her when I was moving. And I imagine one of the things that was… Read More
So, right now, is the structure- And it still works. (laughs) Good, is the structure at SeaWorld the same?… Read More
The responsibilities, basically, were much the same. Read More
However, we he now had a board of directors who, again, wanted to know about why would we do this and why would we, you know, “What’s the criticism coming from Tilikum the whale?… Read More
“What’s going on here?” So you had to spend more energy trying to explain to them a 40-year history or a 45-year history leading up to that particular point in time, why we’re talking about these things or why this seems to be an issue or why it’s not an… Read More
You didn’t replace anybody?… Read More
No, they created the title based upon the new corporate structure. We all became officers because it was a public company now. And I thought, “Well, sure, call me what you want. I was a fish boy one day, so I don’t care. It doesn’t make any difference, I don’t… Read More
I just got a job to do.” And, again, more responsibilities, or pretty much more of the same?… Read More
So Jim talked to one of the pilots on one of our flights one day and said, “Well, can we change the internal cabin pressure?” And he goes, “Sure.” He says, “The temperature may get a little colder.” And I said, “Well, getting colder is not gonna hurt anybody. We’ll… Read More
Again, did you raise your hand or was us ’cause you were around and doing a good job?… Read More
Well, I think my actions were being rewarded, again, positive reinforcement. I did a good job, they said, “Keep doing a good job. Here you go.” It was a new title. Read More
Did the moving of killer whales or dolphins and so forth evolve into even a smoother type of thing?… Read More