My English teacher had a, and it had nothing to do with animals. In 10th grade, I had, that was the best teacher I think I ever had. And he, he, he just took a liking to me. And I was an, I was a pretty good student, but I… Read More
So it, so some of these school trips helped me out a lot. I think the fact that I was an only child, I gravitated to animals because they were, you know, especially the, the dogs. But I, I, my mother really loved animals too. And I think that, but,… Read More
Doolittle type type stuff. So it, I just read a lot of books, call it the Wild and White Fang and all these books that I think at a young age. And I, I I, I had made up my mind early on my life was gonna be with Wild… Read More
The Catskill Game Farm. ’cause that was just a, a short drive. Upstate New York, we called it. And then the Bronx Zoo. Those were the two zoos. And I was just fascinated with animals. I remember, I think it was a Spider Monkey. I think that, I think that… Read More
As you were growing up, you had kind of indicated, what zoos were you, did you go to see if any, and what impression did they have on you?… Read More
And so I did that on the five days a week. And then I would go on trips. But Africa changed my life. That was really, I mean, it was like Peace Corps, but my own version. And, and, and then I was hooked, you know, that first trip to… Read More
I met some other guys. One was on a Fulbright Scholarship, another was on a Rotary scholarship. It was just, it was just a great time to, you know, be young and free and, and, and, and have that adventure. So, let’s me back up a bit. Read More
And I, I introduced myself and she said, where were you?… Read More
You know, I was waiting for you. She walks away and, and, and, and, and even don’t worry, she’ll come back. You know, she likes talking to young men. She just, she said, she’ll be back. And she did. She came back. And then she was very nice. She recommended… Read More
I start walking up and this woman comes out and says, can I help you?… Read More
And so I stayed to the side. And Gary Collins, the actor, you know, and we talk. And finally she says, okay, come up. Read More
I said, well, I’m looking for Joy Adams. And she, oh, she’s gonna be here in about an hour. She had a lunch appointment. I said, well, I was the lunch appointment. She says, oh boy. She says, okay, you don’t know her, do you? I said, no, no. She… Read More
And I go in, I said, I’m, where’s Joy Adamson live?… Read More
Oh, she lives 10 miles up the road this way. I didn’t have the money for a taxi one or too much money. So I started hitchhiking. And, and it’s a busy, people are going by, you know, white people are going by, nobody’s picking this kid up. That’s finally… Read More
I got up to, because he knew, I said, joy Adams. And he didn’t speak English, but he, he said, no, I know, I know. He ended up being the cook for, they were shooting a TV series unborn free. And he knew who. So I get off the bike,… Read More
I said, well, well, well, Ms. Addison. I, I, I, I’m a friend of Dan. I know who Dan Brennan is. What do you want? I said, I, I was wondering if I could come see you. Well, I’m free tomorrow. You can come to lunch. I’m in Lake Nasha. Read More
I get on this bus. I’m the only white guy on the bus, you know, I got, this is 19, you know, 74. I got these, I got a picture. I got these bell bottoms on and this polo shirt. And I’m carrying in a cache case, look like a… Read More
You said, you, you, how old are you in seventh grade, whatever, 13. And I said, well, I like animals. You wanna be a vet. That’s all they knew. You wanna be a veterinarian. So I took that course of, of, you know, of study and got into Cornell. ’cause… Read More
I I was also working at Jungle Habitat. We can get back to that part-time. But I go to Africa on my own with some letters of recommendation from, from an individual at Warner Brothers Jungle Habitat. And I stayed there until my money ran out, which was like four… Read More
And she says, who are you? Why are you calling me?… Read More