Zoo animals are ambassadors for their cousins in the wild.

I must say that in the last 20 years, I don't know of one zoo visitor that has been killed or maimed that bad by an animal in the zoo. Obviously, as zookeepers, our job tends to be dangerous at times.

We have wild animals in zoos, yet people rarely meet their 'food' face to face.

I've been out all over the world tranquilizing animals.

Wild animals are just as confused as people are now. You've got toxins in the water, oil, sewage, all sorts of things.

You know, having raised animals all my life for 50-something years, I would say that you know, I'm fascinated by cats.