[SEMCO] Sharks of New England with Dr. Tom Burns

[Teresa Izzo]

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PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE 
RELEASE 
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
August 23, 
2017 
Teresa Izzo
                                                                        508-896-3867 
ext. 137
                                                            tizzo at ccmnh.org

SHARK-TEMBER
at
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents
Sharks of New England
with
  Dr. Tom Burns

BREWSTER, MA ­ The Cape Cod Museum of Natural 
History is proud to present Sharks of New England 
with Dr. Tom Burns Saturday, September 23, 2017 
at 1pm. This lecture is in conjunction with Dr. 
Burns’ September/October Naturescape Gallery exhibit.

  Dr. Burns has been diving and photographing 
sharks for almost 25 years and has experienced 
hundreds of hours of interactions with the most 
iconic shark species.  While his pursuit of shark 
encounters has taken him around the world, it is 
the sharks of New England that have become his 
focus. He has been published in various magazines 
including Scuba Diver, Asian Geographic, and Shark Diver Magazine.

Currently Dr. Burns is working with the TOTEM 
Project at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 
to tag whale sharks and devil rays at the canyons 
off southern New England in the vicinity of the 
new Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine 
National Monuments.  Although whale sharks and 
devil rays are seasonal visitors, little is known 
about these animals in the northwest Atlantic 
including where they go when they leave. However, 
with the help of spotter pilot Wayne Davis and 
photographer Eric Savetsky, they were able to 
deploy a satellite tag on a 5-meter whale shark 
during the summer of 2016 in Oceanographer’s 
Canyon, off the south coast of Nantucket. This 
was the first time a whale shark has been 
satellite tagged in the northwest Atlantic.

His other great accomplishments in the area of 
shark research include a 10 week assignment with 
National Geographic in 2016, Cape Cod White Shark 
Predation Study in 2014, National Geographic Wild 
Mission Critical, as well as his photographs 
being used for conservation and education by the 
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), New 
England Coastal Wildlife Alliance, and others.

A graduate of the Tufts University School of 
Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Burns is Hospital 
Director at Veterinary Associates of Cape Cod in 
South Yarmouth Massachusetts.  Prior to his 
veterinary studies, he attended Boston College, 
where he graduated Cum Laude in 1994.  After 
graduating from Boston College, Dr. Burns spent a 
year at the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and 
Sciences and Children’s Hospital Pediatric Research Facility.

Free with Museum Admission

  For more information please call the Museum at 508-896-3867 ext. 133.

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Teresa Izzo
Program Coordinator
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
869 Main St./Rte. 6A
Brewster, MA 02631
508-896-3867 x137
508-896-8844 - fax 
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