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Why does your support matter? You see, the health of animals like whales, our ocean and humans are interconnected. Yet the greatest threats to whales are caused by humans.

We’ve made positive impacts before—like freeing whales from ocean trash and conducting vital research that led to shipping lane changes—all because of this caring community.

Today, you can get your gift matched and help provide double the tools and resources experts need to continue this critical work. Together, we can protect these gentle giants and their ocean home.

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Ryan Sack

Ryan Sack

Response Dispatcher, Ke Kai Ola Operations

Ryan Sack first joined The Marine Mammal Center as a volunteer at Ke Kai Ola, our hospital for Hawaiian monk seals in Kona, Hawai‘i. In his staff role as Response Dispatcher, he provides coverage for our Hawaiian monk seal sighting hotline, supports our volunteers and broadens our community outreach program on Hawai‘i Island.

In 2022, Ryan graduated with a B.S. in marine science from the University of Hawai‘i Hilo, where he served as the student coordinator for the university's Sea Turtle Biological Assessment Program. He has four years of experience in marine animal rescue and response, and spent time working with honu (Hawaiian green sea turtles) under the state's Division of Aquatic Resources Protected Species Program.

When he's not working, Ryan is usually out fishing, but loves anything aquatic.

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