These ducks, I saved them ’cause it was a duck farm. I thought you raised ducks there for fun, but they raise them there to eat. So I got me three Ducks. Took them to college and then met my wife who loved animals. And we’ve been married 45 years. Read More
So I got that problem, okay?… Read More
But back then they didn’t have no problems like that. So I call it AT and T, who cares? I got it. So I’m gonna jump around a lot. So get ready. Anyway, so as life went on, I had a hard time in school, as I said. I worked… Read More
I don’t think I’ve ever said in an interview. I got turned down eight colleges, all of them. Nothing like Yale or Harvard. I’m talking about just like smaller schools. Because even when I went to school, they understood I had a problem. They tried to help me. So the… Read More
I lived that dream the whole way through. Now, how did, there’s another individual. Read More
How did Mr. Rasmussen in his pet shop do?… Read More
How did that help you or, All right. Well, what happened then, as life went on, obviously I went away to school. Had a difficult time in school. Read More
You’ll see from this interview that I probably have ATTAD, what is it, Rachel, ATHT?… Read More
At least Diamond had a big yard with a big old bars around it, but still you don’t forget that. And I told myself at 16, I’m gonna be a zookeeper someday. I told myself that and I never wavered from that dream. That’s why I tell kids today, and… Read More
“And love what you do. “I don’t care if you live on the farm, have a gas station, “be a doctor. “I don’t care what you are, just love what you do in life. “Try and do that, all right?” He never took away my dream. And he also built… Read More
And you know, something?… Read More
Are you kidding me?… Read More
I thought it was a million dollars. I wish I’d saved that little check. It wasn’t just the money. It was watching everything he did. And then he took me down the Knoxville zoo. Like a lot of zoos back then didn’t have veterinarians. Most of the zoos didn’t have… Read More
We had Old Diamond, one of the largest elephants. It came from a circus at Knoxville. I just never seen an elephant. I never forget the day we did that. They had alligators. I never seen an alligator. They had deer. We actually had a lot of deer, rabbits, things… Read More
Yeah, my first zoo would have to be obviously not a zoo necessarily, but our home on the farm with goats. And like a lot of young people, fishing the Creek. Fish in the toilet bowl, keeping them. My mother got upset when I put ducks in the tub. Like… Read More
When you’re 6 or 7 years old, milking cows. By the way, it sounds like I’m going back to the 1800s, but, I walked down the gravel road at eight years, six, I’m sorry, eight years old. Walked down the road over a mile by myself, off our farm to… Read More
He came out and checked our animals once every two months or whatever. I said, Dr. Roberts, I would like to go clean cages at your clinic. He goes, “Really?” He thought I’d last a day, I lasted five years. Every single day, every single summer. I got my first… Read More
Jack Hanna, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1947. Lived on a farm for many years and lived the dream of being a zookeeper. Read More
Did you ever go to any zoos as a kid?… Read More
I’d probably like most to be remembered to be part of that team that brought the St. Louis Zoo from show business to conservation, from a center of three shows to a large naturalistic exhibit with great breeding programs, research programs and a great staff. That’s probably my legacy is… Read More