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Dr. Toni Frohoff, wildlife behavioral biologist

By | January 23, 2019 | Advocates, Captive, Cetaceans, Educators, Elephants, General, Wild | No comments

Dr. Toni Frohoff—a wildlife behavioral biologist who has researched the lives and behaviors of elephants and cetaceans for more than 30 years—recalls how, as an aspiring surfer growing up in Southern California, encountering dolphins in the ocean there, spurred her initial interest in studying those cetaceans. Read more…

Dr. Nick Pyenson, paleontologist and author of “Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth’s Most Awesome Creatures”

By | November 21, 2018 | Authors, Cetaceans, Educators | No comments

Dr. Nick Pyenson—the curator of fossil marine mammals at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, and the author of “Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth’s Most Awesome Creatures”—traces his interest in fossils to his childhood, when his parents would take him to natural history museums, experiences he called “formative.” Read more…

Jason M. Colby, author of “Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean’s Greatest Predator”

By | October 31, 2018 | Authors, Cetaceans, Educators | No comments

Jason M. Colby—an environmental and international historian, and professor, at the University of Victoria and author, most recently of  “Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean’s Greatest Predator”—recounts the impetus for writing the new book, acknowledging that “Orca” was hardly telegraphed by his academic fields, or his previous book. Read more…

Captain Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

By | October 17, 2018 | Advocates, Cetaceans, Educators | No comments

Captain Paul Watson—the founder, president, and executive director of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the marine conservation organization he launched in 1977, and whose profile rose dramatically in the wake of the Animal Planet series “Whale Wars”—discusses his recent period of exile in France, and the international legal troubles that led to it. Read more…

Stephen Wells, executive director of Animal Legal Defense Fund

By | March 29, 2017 | Advocates, Cetaceans, Factory Farming, General, Legislation | No comments

Stephen Wells—the executive director of the Animal Legal Defense Fund ALDF)—traces his intriguing, sometimes colorful, career path before joining ALDF, particularly his years in Alaska, where, among other developments, he formalized his commitment to becoming a professional animal advocate. Read more…

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