The development of the stoves and the development of actually how they would start manufacturing the dung to briquettes. And it was done by a young couple out of Denver, Colorado, of all places. And I guess the third one, if I’m gonna keep it at that, is the work… Read More
The zoo and aquarium people can’t do this. We let them in the door and they screwed it up.” But I think that’s an important project. I think some of the Caribbean islands ought to start coalescing now. They’ve just been ruined by hurricanes, but they should coalesce a little… Read More
Can you name a couple of projects that have been funded by the conservation fund that you’re most proud of?… Read More
And how do they make a difference?… Read More
Because I think a lot of people will say, “Well, I’m gonna save the Tennis Shoe Club, so I’m gonna send money there because it sounds right.” Well, 90% of it goes to somebody’s salary and somebody’s car and 10% of it is going to save something. So I don’t… Read More
Well, speaking of projects, what are, in your opinion, the top marine mammal conservation projects that need to be done?… Read More
Well, I think I mentioned already the vaquita process. I think it’s too late. I think the intervention is too late. Read More
They don’t even know if there’s 30 or 50 animals left, but what I don’t wanna have happen is that, if the zoo and aquarium field has mobilized, they’ve raised money, they got the Mexican and the American, everyone’s agreeing to do it, they’re taking the Navy dolphins down into… Read More
Or is that necessarily the role that they wanna play?… Read More
Meaning does 20% go to conservation and 80% goes to something else?… Read More
You know, where’s the happy medium, I guess?… Read More
On the conservation side, you talked about the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund, did you find that hard to sell the idea?… Read More
Or you had indicated that you talked about it a little, but was it a hard sell or what’s- Well it was a hard sell to the company, ’cause the company was a private company. Well, that’s not true, necessarily. Anheuser-Busch is a public company, but I think the wording… Read More
But I think a lot of people don’t realize, and I don’t know the statistics exactly, but when you give money to certain NGOs, a large percentage of it is because they have a beautiful office in Washington DC and a lot of people working for them, meaning, now, is… Read More
You know, I think I’m not a fan of the news, or the media because they don’t seem to wanna do their homework and look up some of the other issues, some of the other sides of a discussion, some on side of a debate. They just sort of take… Read More
Is there any advice in the kind of relationship you think zoos, aquariums, or marine parks should have with the media?… Read More
I think they should do a really strong push to do op-eds and meet with the editors and say, “This is who we are. Why don’t you come and visit. Why don’t you take a walk around.” You know, you gotta make your friendships somewhere. And if you don’t do… Read More
But it has to be managed. It has to be managed like an open zoo or an open aquarium, with knowledgeable people that know how to do it. And not some sort of emotional, “Animals are free,” person who doesn’t understand the biology of the animal or the behavior of… Read More
How did you view the media, TV and print?… Read More
Were they the enemy or just people you had to cultivate?… Read More