All posts tagged “Blackfish”

William Neal, writer-director of “Long Gone Wild”

By | July 8, 2020 | Actors & Filmmakers, Authors, Cetaceans, General | No comments

William Neal —writer-director of “Long Gone Wild,” a documentary that focuses on captive orcas, arriving as a cinematic successor to “Blackfish”—provides an overview of his pre-doc career, a mix of all sort of television work, writing books, and, early on, coaching hockey at the college and professional levels. Read more…

Lori Marino, founder and president of The Whale Sanctuary Project

By | June 17, 2020 | Advocates, Cetaceans, Educators, Health & Behavior, Sanctuaries | No comments

Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, I produced and recorded this show remotely from home, the 10th program prepared this way at the Talking Animals corporate headquarters in Jupiter Farms, Florida, and likely the final one of its kind for now. We’re due back in the studio on June 24, to present the show in its customary, live format.

Lori Marino —a neuroscientist who’s the founder and president of The Whale Sanctuary Project, an organization whose chief objective is creating a seaside refuge for orcas, belugas and others that had previously lived in captivity at marine parks—discusses how her training as a neuroscientist informs her work and thinking about animals, particularly ones with more sophisticated brains, and their behavior and cognition. Read more…

Dr. Lori Marino, founder of the Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy

By | January 6, 2016 | Advocates, Captive, Cetaceans, Educators, Elephants, General, Health & Behavior, Sanctuaries | No comments

Dr. Lori Marino—founder and executive director of the Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy, as well as a neuroscientist and expert in animal behavior and intelligence—explains exactly what a neuroscientist is, and how that academic orientation informs her thinking about animal behavior as opposed to, say, an animal behaviorist without that scientific training. Read more…

Alex Blount, PETA Tour Administrator: “I, Orca”

By | June 24, 2015 | Advocates, Cetaceans, General | No comments

Alex Blount, PETA Tour Administrator—in this case, the tour in question is PETA’s “I, Orca” empathy project, which involves using Google virtual reality goggles to immerse participants in a world where they can swim freely in the ocean with their orca family—recounts what drew him to working for PETA. Read more…

Jo-Anne McArthur, photojournalist & activist

By | February 5, 2014 | Advocates, Cetaceans, Elephants, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Investigations, Sanctuaries, Vegetarian/Vegan, Wildlife | No comments

Jo-Anne McArthur—an award-winning photojournalist whose passion as an animal activist has informed her work in an ongoing project, “We Animals”—recounts her first forays into photography. Read more…