Well Betty White was a personal friend of Marlin and Carol Perkins. Apparently she was a fan of Wild Kingdom. And one time when Marlin was visiting in California, they met Betty White. And Betty White, Carol Perkins became very, very close friends. Later when Marlin Perkins and Carol Perkins, after he retired from the zoo, he established the Wild Captive Survival Center which at that time was called the Wolf Center. And they had some fundraisers. They invited Betty White as a guest and she came to the fundraisers, gave a speech, gave a talk. And then later she made the same kind of visits to the St. Louis Zoo and did some assistance with the St Louis Zoo in fundraising.
