In other places, penguins are tourist attractions, providing public relations protection and fund-raising for the birds.
And, Shandwick International in New York is ending a three-year partnership with the Jeffrey Group in Miami under which Jeffrey provided public relations services for Shandwick clients in Latin America.
It has also provided public relations advice to Blackwater Worldwide, the private security firm under investigation by numerous government agencies for the deaths of civilians in Iraq.
"They increase demand, allow companies to charge higher prices, and provide public-relations benefits".
"Everything is in a state of flux, and I think the government has really misread this," said Mendora Ogbogbo, who runs a firm that provides public-relations training to organizations, and who was at the conference.
De la Cour Communications - blog aims to provide strategic public relations support to European universities wishing to communicate with British audiences.
Still, a listing will provide helpful public relations for coral, says Baker. "It will also signal leadership for the U.S. in coral reef conservation in the Caribbean region and hopefully lead to basin-wide initiatives to protect the few remaining populations of these species," adds Tim McClanahan of WCS in Mombasa, Kenya.
Another aim was to provide a public relations stunt that would give a false impression of the strength of the regime.
Instead, in providing a public relations coup for Putin, Snowden has provided cover for a gross and serial human rights-violating state.
At the heart of the criticism: the show provided a public relations vehicle for a man who, as immigration minister, promulgated policies of cruelty and harm towards refugees in breach of human rights laws.
