From Walt Disney’s vision to theme park reality

True-Life Adventures

• Nature films debuted in the 1950s.

• Documentary short films.

• Four films in the series.• The Living Desert• The Vanishing

Prairie• The African Lion• The White

Wilderness

Disney Nature

Disney films feature animals and nature which are given human characteristics.

Snow White First full-length feature film

Nature ConservationDisney animal care teams created in 1986.

Consists of scientists, researchers, and veterinarians.

Goal is the rehabilitate & release animals back onto the wild.

Animal Kingdom theme park focused on animal & nature conservation.

Licensed wildlife rehabilitation facility.

Rescues & rehabilitates 1,000 injured or orphaned animals each year.

B.P. Oil Spill

Set up salt water pools to hold up to 35 sea turtles.

Turned backstage areas at Animal Kingdom & Epcot into temporary rehab facilities.

Donated $200K to groups & organizations.

Rehabilitation

Sea turtles were provided with top notch care from Disney’s animal care team.

Taken to rehab site at The Seas with Nemo & Friends at Epcot.

Animal Kingdom & Epcot is two of four theme parks that make up Disney World.

Attracts 9.6 million visitors annually.

Parks & Resorts brought in $10.7 billion in revenue in 2010.

Bottom Line

“I don’t like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It’s just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.

-Walt Disney