I think there is a big difference, because we’re dealing with that corporate world and the profit margin. But I have to remind my colleagues that are in the not-for-profit arena that they still have to make money to survive, it’s just distributed differently. You know, when you make profit… Read More
Do you feel your colleagues felt because you worked for a corporation that you had more resources?… Read More
Lawmakers need to be educated all the time, because their information is given to them by their aides who hear it from blogs who hear it from the BS sources. And that’s not pie on their priority, believe me. Lawmakers aren’t that concerned about animal issues these days. They got… Read More
These are the animals we take care of. It’s important.” Does SeaWorld or the alliance, or even IMATA, do they have people who are talking to lawmakers?… Read More
I mean, specific people who are there to promote that particular image. Absolutely, yeah, all those organizations have somebody in Washington as their representative. All of those organizations do fly-ins where, certain times of the year, they fly in and everybody gets divvied up. “You go visit this representative from… Read More
You have to have a relationship. And you gotta build it And you just can’t go once. And, a lot of times, you end up getting stuck, not with the congressman or the senator, so you have to talk to their staff. Which is okay, but again, the relationship is… Read More
If every shark was five feet long, that would go around the Earth six times, every year?… Read More
I mean that’s insane. So we have to find a way to shock people and then get them involved. “This is what’s gonna happen if we don’t do this. You gotta be involved. And, gosh darn it, I’m telling you the truth.” And we gotta make sure the truth is… Read More
So how important is it to educate lawmakers about the marine mammal parks and zoos and aquariums?… Read More
How does it apply to them?… Read More
But you have to start using success models, talk about them so the models that you’re working on can have oomph and work and people will support it. You know, you just think about sharks, and I talk to people about sharks. And sharks just have a bad image and… Read More
And you think, “100 million?… Read More
I can’t even imagine that number.” I mean, how do you visualize that?… Read More
I mean, is it a big deal or not?… Read More
Sure it’s a big deal. Read More
“IMATA? What does that mean?” How can aquarium, zoos, and marine mammal parks help raise the public consciousness of environmental issues and drive action, especially those that may result in the loss of animals or their habitats?… Read More
Again, I think they have to work together in a concerted effort, in a way, similar to this new SAFE program where they’ve earmarked within AZA, you know, “Let’s take care of the South African penguin, let’s take care of sharks and let’s take care of certain species. Let’s focus… Read More
I mean, who cares?… Read More
The alliance is a small organization. They do a very good job keeping themselves informed and fighting some of these legislative issues with the facts and science and things like that. So they’re doing a little bit more a concerted effort because they’re marine mammal focused. IMATA is also doing… Read More
So, in essence, they’re sort of the watchdogs of the trainers’ world, which is good, and we need more of that. Read More