Themedreality

Remember back in 1992, when Regina Haug and her then husband Bing Crosby opened a nightclub in Idaho called “Cherry Bomb”? No? That’s ok. It doesn’t really matter. What does matter is that Regina, founder of the nonprofit OneWhale, has been posting for the past few months on social media that scientists, trainers, veterinarians, and Charles Vinick, who all signed a letter in opposition to the move of Hvaldimir the beluga whale to Fennmark, don’t understand Norwegian culture and its government.

I’ve felt for the past year that I failed Tokitae. Many people I know that fought for her feel the same way. I’m past that. We did not fail her. The same person who failed Keiko, by not having a sustainable financial plan, forcing him to go free, only to show up in Norway seeking out humans and succumbing to pneumonia, is the one who failed Toki.

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“God is within us, his stature and character are inherent in our lives. But there exists also the part of man which is anti-god, it is contrary to God’s character and is responsible for the conflicts and tensions of life, the uncertainties, fears and shortcomings that rob man of happiness. The way we can resolve this tension is by uniting ourselves through knowledge of him.

So much has been going on these past few weeks – a Presidential assassination attempt; my grandpa standing his ground, catching Covid, and finally giving in to the kids trampling his lawn; the arrest in Greenland of the notorious picaroon Watson; the world up in arms because it mistook a drag show reproduction of a 17th Century Dutch painting of a bacchanal for a drag show reproduction of a 15th Century Italian painting of a rabbi at a party telling his buddies “We don’t have enough matzah...

Orca Network, the orca monitoring group in Washington State, regularly organizes trips to the San Ignacio birthing lagoon in Mexico to view gray whales. According to the organization’s website: “At Laguna San Ignacio, our boats offer an intimate encounter like no other.

About three months ago, I was having breakfast with Flip Thompson at Dawn Patrol (which I highly recommend) in Santa Barbara and we began talking about merging operations – what I do with ThemedReality and what he does with his social media campaign, The Flip. We both, in fact everyone involved with both, participate purely on a voluntary basis. We’ve helped each other out over the past year. I’ve provided content and suggestions for his campaign to use in videos.

Over the past year, we have submitted numerous general requests to NOAA and USDA for communications between veterinary staff and the agencies about treatments, conditions, and actions at the Miami Seaquarium. This is the most recent and one we did not expect. All of the emails and accompanying images of text conversations have been cleared for public use by NOAA’s Office of the Chief Information Officer. Click on each image to enlarge. ABOVE IMAGE: Kristen Van Oss and Dr. Shelby Loos.

IMATA (International Marine Animal Trainers’ Association), when it does what it’s supposed to do, serves an important role in the marine animal park industry. Developing standardized training techniques that can be shared throughout the marine mammal display industry reduces animal stress for veterinary care and research (especially pinnipeds). Networking ensures that these standards are spread throughout the industry and that the latest best practices are in use.