FAMOUS MONSTERS Group Photo after our zombie shoot for Issue #252. Featuring: Kristina "Halloween" Klebe, Ashley McCarthy, Ashley Pagliuso, Lacy Soto, Radeo Suicide, FM's Publisher Phil Kim, Director of Production Ed Blair and Director of Operations Dominie Lee.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Friday, July 02, 2010
Scouting the Vancouver Aquarium
During a recent trip to Vancouver in beautiful British Columbia, I had the opportunity to meet with Public Relations curator Kent Hurl at the facility with a colleague of mine while we were location scouting the city. He gave us a wonderful tour of the grounds, both inside and out. I was so greatly impressed with not only the beauty and variety of sealife there, but the way they run the facility, and the contriubtions they make to both the community of Vancouver, and around the world. Two programs in particular caught my attention. The first was Ocean Wise, a program which works directly with food service companies to promote sustainable seafood in restaurants, markets, and other food service facilities, available for the general public. Today, well over 300 restaurants in Canada are participants in the Ocean Wise program.
The other which caught my attention is their Marine Mammal Rescue and Rehabilitation Program, which is aimed at rescuing and rehabilitating ill, injured, and abandoned sea mammals until they are ready to be returned back to their natural habitat. On average, the rescue centre admits approximately 100 distressed marine mammals per year. Unfortunately, not all that are taken in can be re-released, and in turn have become a part of the family at the aquarium. 
One of several Pacific White-sided Dolphins the aquarium has rescued in the past few years is currently housed next to the beluga whale tank, nestled between the lush greenery of Stanley Park. Both of his pectoral fins were mangled when he was caught in a fishing net off the coast of Japan. While he cannot be released back into the wild as a result of his condition, his contentment at the centre is wildly apparent, playing and interacting with curators, and of course, posing for my photos (pictured above).
Not only do they run several programs positively effecting our environment, but the Vancouver Aquarium is also independently sustainable, and entirely non-profit. As the fifth largest Aquarium in North America, they are making a powerful impact in the health of our oceanic environment. For more information on the Centre and all they do, visit vanaqua.org
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