Shawn Heinrichs is an Emmy Award winning cinematographer, photographer, scuba diver, and marine conservationist. You may recognize him from the documentary, Racing Extinction. His conservation focus areas include ending the global slaughter of sharks, protecting manta and mobula rays, and establishing marine protected areas.\n\nIncluded stories:\n- going undercover to expose the endangered species trade\n- saving a manta ray\n- getting surrounded by a juvenile gang in Ecuador\n- finding HUNDREDS of whale sharks together in one place\n- his amazing work protecting endangered marine species by guiding and supporting communities towards sustainable industries \n\nPlease check out and support Shawn\u2019s work:\nwww.shawnheinrichs.com/\nwww.bluespherefoundation.org/\nwww.bluespheremedia.com/\nwww.sealegacy.org/collective\nwww.facebook.com/shawn.heinrichs.artist\nwww.instagram.com/shawnheinrichs\nwww.twitter.com/shawnheinrichs\n\nFull show notes @ https://bit.ly/D4OBps\nFull video @ https://youtu.be/tB6kQHm-Ac8\n\n--- \n\nSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/escape-the-zoo/support