Sep 06

Joan Embery Wins San Diego Zoo’s Highest Honor

Photo courtesy: http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-san-diego-zoo-global-joan-embery-husband-to-receive-zoos-top-honor-20110803,0,5772026.story

Renowned animal and environmental advocate Joan Embery and headliner of the Lifestyle Program at NECA 2011 San Diego recently added another accolade to her already bulging portfolio. Embery and her husband Duane Pillsbury received the Conservation Medal, the top honor from San Diego Zoo Global, on August 11.

To celebrate her latest achievement and to share her love of “walking on the wide side” with Lifestyle Program-goers, five special volunteers will be selected to help Joan on stage during the program. The actual assignments will remain secret until the big day, but rest assured, Joan wouldn’t ask you to do anything she didn’t have Johnny Carson do when she was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show.  For her grand finale, the lucky winners will get to have their photo made with Joan and one of her special no-footed friends. (Got a guess for what animal it could be? Leave it in the comments below!)

To get your once-in-a-lifetime chance to help a real zookeeper and wildlife champion, simply look for a “Walk on the Wild Side” flyer on-site in San Diego, fill it out, and drop in the drum as you enter the Lifestyle Program room.

And in case you’re still worried about how wild things could get at the Lifestyle Program, know that Joan is a Trustee of the Morris Animal Foundation, a professional Fellow of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, and a member of the Advisory Board of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine’s Wildlife Health Center, and founder of the American Association of Zoo Keepers. She has been a goodwill ambassador to the San Diego Zoo‘s Zoological Society of San Diego for 32 years. You’ll be in excellent company and care when you take a Walk on the Wide Side at the NECA 2011 San Diego Lifestyle Program with Joan Embery!

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