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...CHRISTOPHER J. YIP...
Aboard the Conifer as it steamed out to sea, zoologist Kevin Robinson and colleagues hosed J.J. with water. Animal-care supervisor Keith Yip, who for months had planned the move of the largest mammal ever transported, never left his position at the forward edge of the sling, where he stroked J.J.'s bumpy nose, uttered soothing words and looked admiringly into her intelligent, questioning eyes. "Just saying my goodbyes, I guess," murmured Yip, a father of two. "For the past year, J.J. has been my third...
...planning J.J.'s safe return to the sea, Yip had another concern: pleasing upper management at Anheuser-Busch, which owns the four Sea World theme parks and promotes its beer on the premises. Yip, unaccustomed to the image business, felt the weight of corporate pressure "for everything to go right." Critics of Sea World, who argue that park officials could simply release their captive killer whales if they truly cared about freeing animals, contend J.J. was little more than a cetacean Spuds MacKenzie. "The J.J. event was purely driven by corporate image needs," says Susan Davis, author of the book...
...visually. The trick for J.J., her keepers say, will be to remain free of aquatic bacteria, avoid killer whales and learn to feed herself at sea. Still, spirits were high as the Conifer returned to port. "I've got a cold one waiting at home," said a grinning Yip. Then he amended: "Bud, of course...
...handover is just a particular event on a certain day," said Kevin Yip. "The transition has been going on for a long time so it's almost a non-event...