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
My role is on the steering committee, and I help raise money for that group. I’m also on the advisory board where we have quarterly calls to talk of about the next steps. Now, CPSG has just changed their acronym. It used to be CBSG. And the reason it’s CP… Read More
But CPSG now is going to sort of facilitate their processes to try and get people connected and then get home-range countries to buy into the projects and go there and get them done quicker instead of this long, drawn-out, 40-year idea that conservation will finally work in Namibia or… Read More
Can you talk about your role in the CPSG Strategies Committee with the Conservation Planning Specialist Group?… Read More
Well, I’m most proud of the beginning of this Rising Tide project, that one we talked about earlier, raising marine ornamental fish. But I think some of the ones, I’m trying to think of the actual name of it, it’s in Ethiopia and it has to do with sustainable, actually… Read More
What did the conservation fund fund, the development of the stoves?… Read More