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The National Marine Mammal Foundation and Dolphin Quest present Operation GRACE: Scientific Snapshot Series, a deeply personal storytelling event highlighting the groundbreaking conservation efforts to protect at-risk cetaceans and their ecosystems.

In this session, Dr. Cynthia Smith shares her first-hand experiences as the program manager for the unprecedented international rescue mission to save the last remaining vaquitas from extinction. Through heartbreak and hope, she takes us on a rare and powerful journey, one that has ignited a global movement for aquatic mammal conservation.

Watch now to reflect on the wonder of marine mammals, the urgent need for collective action, and the inspiring changemakers working to protect our planet’s most vulnerable species.