FIGHTING
TO PROTECT
GRAY WHALES,
CORAL REEFS
AND OTHER
ENDANGERED
LIFE-FORMS
Halting Mitsubishi's Salt Plant in Mexico: Between 1996 and 2000, Kennedy worked with Mexican fishermen to stop Mitsubishi's proposal to build a salt facility in Laguna San Ignacio, a critical breeding ground for gray whales
Defending Clifton Bay in the Bahamas: In 2000, Kennedy assisted local activists in opposing a large hotel and resort development by Chaffin Light and Bechtel at Clifton Bay, which threatened coral reefs and public beaches.
When RFK Jr. was eleven-years-old he read The Once and Future King, T.H. White’s classic book about the King Arthur legend. A chapter about falconry particularly caught his attention and triggered his interest in raising and training birds (that and the encouragement of his father’s Arab friend Alva Mai Nye) – and Bobby’s enthusiasm for the art and practice of Falconry has continued on for the nearly sixty years since then!