And I ask children, “Do what a pollinator is?” And they look at me like, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I said, “These butterflies are important. They’re pollinators.” I said, “About 60% of your food comes from pollinated food. It’s the pollinators. If we lose the pollinators, where… Read More
Would this type of marine mammal come back on exhibition?… Read More
Are you started to like terrestrial mammals?… Read More
I love terrestrial animals. I mean, some of my best trips have been to South Africa and Namibia and Botswana. Read More
My first visit to South Africa, though, was in, when was it?… Read More
It was in, gosh, how long ago?… Read More
’16, I wanted them to understand that the company had made a decision. And I was probably not in fully supportive it because I didn’t think allowing these social animals to have the ability to breed when it’s managed is not practical. I don’t think it’s fair to the animals. Read More
We talked about it and I was asked about it. But I just didn’t think I could support it in that form or fashion. So I kind of wanted people to realize that people are gonna make decisions that you should be more involved with somehow and try and avoid… Read More
You have a membership in African Carnivore Research, Cheetah Conservation, International Rhino Foundation, among others. Read More
The AI project was something that we are very proud of, number one. The artificial reproductive technology is used in many species and to bring it into this world of cetaceans and pinnipeds. It has been an eye opening for a lot of people. We have young, smart PhD folks… Read More
In August 2006, you authored a paper for WAZA, the World Zoo Association of Aquariums, “SeaWorld’s Killer Whale Program.” It was review of five decades and a warning to captive managers. Read More
What did you want them to take away from reading it?… Read More
From 2006 or ’16?… Read More
They killed it. So I don’t know if there is common ground. I’m sure there are a lot of good humane groups out there that wanna take care of animals. And I’m sure we could align with them. There’s also good NGOs and conservation we should align with even more. Read More
And the human population will take care of that in the future anyway. You talked about the work done in husbandry advancement with orcas. Read More
Can you talk about the successful AI project and its importance?… Read More
I think some of the things that we did very well in terms of the orcas, or killer whales, is simply exposing millions and millions of people to the beauty of these animals, the majesty of these animals and what they do in the ecosystems and how they act and… Read More
And I think it hurt the employees by not speaking out. And, again, I think when you deal with some of the activist groups and the humane groups, there should have been more of a dialogue with them as opposed to just a war and maybe we could have gotten… Read More
The extremists and activists, animal activists, wouldn’t want us to. But I told an activist the other day, “If we really wanna save the southern resident whales, I bet you we could teach them to eat different fish.” She says, “Well, we don’t want them in captivity.” And I said,… Read More
If somebody says, “Well, the killer whales are the best. They’re so super special and they’re smart and their big brains and dolphins are smart and big brained, they’re special,” they’re not any more special than the otters oo the fish. All of them are special and we have to… Read More