“You can judge the heart of a man by
his treatment of animals.” – James Beverly
Writing about animals takes a
special talent, and Jack Hanna, born this day in 1947, not only has the talent
but also the expertise in the wild animal kingdom to have made himself into one
of the world’s leaders in this field.
Director Emeritus of the Columbus
(Ohio) Zoo, a facility he literally raised from a rundown, second-rate
operation into one of the best in the U.S., if not the world, Hanna is not only
an expert on the animal kingdom but also in doing public relations and writing
on behalf of it. Hanna's live animal
demonstrations on major television talk and news shows have brought and continue to bring attention to his beloved zoo. 
The author of several books and many
articles in every type of publication has come a long way from his college days
in Ohio when he was a fledgling journalist on the college newspaper staff and
nearly got himself expelled for keeping wild ducks in his dorm room and then a
donkey in his fraternity house shed.
“The
world is the true classroom,” Hanna said.
“The most rewarding and important type of learning is through
experience; seeing something with our own eyes.”
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