SorcererMickey
April 6th, 2006, 18:24
Disney honors conservationists
Posted April 6, 2006
LAKE BUENA VISTA -- A Nobel Peace Prize winner, a Monty Python founder, an actress and two well-known biologists will receive $100,000 conservation awards today at Walt Disney World.
In awarding the $500,000 in grants at ceremonies tonight at Disney's Animal Kingdom, the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund will reach the $10 million mark in total contributions, according to Disney.
The latest awards go to 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement in East Africa; comedian John Cleese, founder of Conservation Matters; actress Isabella Rossellini, active with the Andean Cat Alliance and other groups; elephant researcher Ian Douglas-Hamilton, founder of Save the Elephants; and primatologist Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute.
"Animals have been a part of Disney history since Walt's first sketch of Bambi," Beth Stevens, vice president of Disney's Animal Kingdom, said in a written statement. "We selected these special individuals because each brings a personal passion to studying and saving endangered species and lands."
Source: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/custom/tourism/orl-cfbriefs06_506apr06,0,4337171.story?coll=orl-business-headlines-tourism
Posted April 6, 2006
LAKE BUENA VISTA -- A Nobel Peace Prize winner, a Monty Python founder, an actress and two well-known biologists will receive $100,000 conservation awards today at Walt Disney World.
In awarding the $500,000 in grants at ceremonies tonight at Disney's Animal Kingdom, the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund will reach the $10 million mark in total contributions, according to Disney.
The latest awards go to 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement in East Africa; comedian John Cleese, founder of Conservation Matters; actress Isabella Rossellini, active with the Andean Cat Alliance and other groups; elephant researcher Ian Douglas-Hamilton, founder of Save the Elephants; and primatologist Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute.
"Animals have been a part of Disney history since Walt's first sketch of Bambi," Beth Stevens, vice president of Disney's Animal Kingdom, said in a written statement. "We selected these special individuals because each brings a personal passion to studying and saving endangered species and lands."
Source: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/custom/tourism/orl-cfbriefs06_506apr06,0,4337171.story?coll=orl-business-headlines-tourism