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- Permanent Link:
- http://dpanther.fiu.edu/sobek/FIZO003574/00001
Notes
- Summary:
- Ron Magill is the Director of Communications and Media Relations of Zoo Miami. He has been associated with the zoo since the late 1970s when he started as a zoo keeper at Crandon Park Zoo. Interview was conducted and recorded at the Fun Factory at Zoo Miami.
- Biographical:
- "Ron Magill (born 1960) is an American wildlife expert and photographer; he is the communications director of the Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens, and makes regular television appearances across local South Florida networks. Magill has won five Emmy Awards for his work on the nature documentary programs; Dreams of Alaska, The Amazon & Beyond, ""Alligator Love,"" and Dreams of the Rain Forest.[2][3][4]
Magill was born in New York City, New York, but moved to Perrine, Florida at the age of 12, where he later attended Miami Palmetto High School[5] and obtained an associate's degree at the University of Florida.[1][6] His first job was working at the Miami Serpentarium, which no longer exists. In 1980, he became a zookeeper at Miami MetroZoo and gradually became lead zookeeper, senior zookeeper and then assistant curator.[5]
Today, Magill remains at the renamed Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens, as its communications director and makes appearances on television shows such as Good Morning America, and The Today Show. He appeared for over 25 years on the iconic Spanish variety program, ""Sabado Gigante"" until the show ended its over 50-year run in 2015. He has a regular segment on ESPN Radio's The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, where listeners can call in and ask him questions. He has also appeared on several documentaries for the Discovery Channel and the History Channel, and, during the 1980s, handled many of the animals used on the Miami Vice television series.[6]
In 2006, Magill received the Wildlife Ambassador Award in recognition of his efforts on wildlife preservation. Magill was the founder for the Cheetah Ambassador Program at Zoo Miami. Magill is also a Nikon Ambassador see http://www.nikonusa.com/en/learn-and-explore/nikon-ambassadors/index.page"
- Ownership:
- Florida International University holds the copyright to this interview.
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