Serviette has been retained to help Ripley’s Aquariums with curatorial oversight and advice with on-going operations, animal permitting, AZA accreditations as well as new aquarium exhibit designs.
In addition to guiding the aquatic exhibit design and life support system design, Joe was instrumental in designing and building the offsite animal holding facility in Buffalo, New York and personally navigated the bureaucratic hurdles associated with importing over 15,000 live aquatic animals into Canada.
Ripley’s opened its first aquarium in Myrtle Beach in June 1997 but had big plans to build many more aquariums so Joe was hired in 1998 as the Vice President of Husbandry to assist them with that goal and did so for 17 years. All three Ripley’s Aquariums combined have entertained and educated over 40 million guests!
