Before graduating from veterinary school in 1968, Ted Hammond worked with the Navy Marine Mammal Program near Point Mugu.
[1] He was a founding and honorary life member of the International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine.
Now, more than ever before, oceanariums are becoming a source of vital scientific information and a positive influence on youth and conservation organizations.Hammond was instrumental in brokering the sales of live dolphins caught in the Taiji dolphin drive[3] to many places around the world including Turkey, Mexico,[5] and the Dominican Republic.
[7] Hammond grew up in Ventura County, California, and graduated from Oxnard High School.
Hammond died in 2012 following complications from heart valve surgery in Las Vegas, Nevada.