ExxonMobil Gives $2 Million to Planned Wildlife Center

ExxonMobil Gives $2 Million to Planned Wildlife Center

On September 20, ExxonMobil Foundation announced an extraordinary gift of $2 million to fund the Wildlife Rescue Interpretive Gallery in the Aquarium’s new Texas Center for Wildlife Rescue, Recovery and Research. This state-of-the-art facility will be built on the Aquarium’s main campus and is scheduled to open in early 2022. The new Center will modernize and expand the scale of the Aquarium’s Wildlife Rescue Program which helps to fortify the ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico and coastline by rescuing, rehabilitating, and then releasing animals back into their natural environment.

Paul Guilfoyle, ExxonMobil Gulf Coast Growth Ventures Executive; Tom Schmid, Aquarium President & CEO; Kevin Murphy, President, ExxonMobil Foundation; Jared Young, ExxonMobil

The ExxonMobil Wildlife Rescue Interpretive Gallery in the new Center will allow Aquarium guests, students and teachers to learn about the importance of coastal wildlife conservation, ongoing conservation efforts, and the role each person can play in helping to preserve our coastal ecosystems.

For over thirty years, ExxonMobil has generously supported the Aquarium and its conservation efforts. Their commitment to industry and the environment co-existing in harmony is seen throughout the world and right here in the Coastal Bend. Texas State Aquarium sincerely appreciates ExxonMobil’s gift to support the new Texas Center for Wildlife Rescue, Recovery and Research and their longstanding partnership with the Texas State Aquarium.