That’s not necessary. You need to show the respect and the fact that this is one of the most miraculous things on this planet, is the biodiversity of all the different species. It’s an absolutely incredible the number of species that are on this planet. And you need to put… Read More
Do you think that those who have followed in your footsteps are any different than what you have been trying to tell the public?… Read More
Well, I don’t think we’ve progressed very far in trying to inform the public, because our politicians basically, they don’t even talk about some of these things that I’m talking about. Or how we treat the earth. That’s not even on the platform of most politicians or even our president. Read More
Are they any different?… Read More
And also we need to talk about when we destroy resources, what happens to us?… Read More
We need to relate it more to humans. That’s sort of my answer on that. You’re an elegant spokesman and we’ve been called televisions cowboy naturalists. Read More
How do you feel about that title?… Read More
That was from Charles Siebert, Harper’s Magazine, 1993. Oh, my goodness. Read More
I would also do a television show. I’m giving away some of my secrets now, but maybe I’ll go ahead and do it. I would do a program called a New News at Zoos. The zoos are doing some very interesting things that are compatible with television that get good… Read More
And thirdly, we need to teach people what fun it is to get out in the outdoors. Read More
Not just hunting and fishing, but why it enriches your life?… Read More
And I’ve forgotten his name. But when he looked back at the earth for the first time, he recognized that this planet is extremely fragile and we gotta be careful how we treat it. People still don’t understand that. So that’s one of the missions of a zoological park is… Read More
There should be a channel. And we know how to make something interesting to the public. We know how to do it. I mean, we’ve been around with television a long time. There’s no reason to have to talk about this planet in a way so it’s dull. We can… Read More
But I would do something that related to your life on this planet and why it was important?… Read More
David Attenborough never mentioned one word about what he was saying, why it was important to human beings or open space, wildlife and wilderness. He never mentioned it. Read More
How does it affect human welfare?… Read More
We are not communicating with the public. You listen to one of his shows and he’s a great solologists let’s face it. And a good speaker. But when it’s over, it’s over. And people say, “Hey, that’s interesting. “I didn’t know that.” But that doesn’t necessarily hook them on understanding… Read More
And the ozone layer filters out certain race. That can be incorporated almost every one of these biological laws, which by the way, is the mission of science can be talked about in the zoological park without being controversial. That’s the interesting. You can talk about predation as being a… Read More
That should be their mission. And the second mission of a zoological park should be to get people to reconnect with the natural world by making the natural world fun, exciting and adventurous. That should be part of every single logical part. Now, some zoos take people out in the… Read More
What show would you– Well, the first thing I would do would be to create a channel that most of the conservation organizations would hopefully belong to, where we could use our knowledge about the natural world in a way it was compatible with television. In other words, we don’t… Read More