Sometimes there’s a quote that catches my attention, and it gets put it in the folder. One always wonders what will become of such a collection. Upon reflection, some of them seem to have relevance to life in this valley, so herewith are a few.
“In nothing does man, with his grand notions of heaven and charity, show forth his innate, low-bred, wild animalism more clearly than in his treatment of his brother beasts. From the shepherd with his lambs to the red-handed hunter, it is the same; no recognition of rights only murder in one form or another.” John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer, 1838-1914. (In today’s world, the Sierra Club is forced to deal with John Muir’s racism, but that’s another story.)
My first memory of a zoo was in the late 1950, as a child of seven.
This was the tiny Staten Island zoo, all of eight acres, and it had alligators, otters, bats and monkeys, along with a nationally recognized collection of rattlesnakes.
I was adequately scared by the rattlesnakes and the alligators but the one creature which moved me the most, was a full grown tiger pacing back and forth in its remarkably small cage.
That huge animal trapped in its little cell was one of the key moments in my path toward loving wild nature, the wilder the better. I would stare into that tigerâs eyes and try to communicate my sympathy and horror at its plight and though I never remember crying, I was always deeply saddened during each encounter.
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hour long conversation from cspan s sunday night interview series q and a. here is the encore q and a on american history tv. sheperdstown, west virginia is in the eastern panhandle of the state near the famous civil war sites of harper s ferry an an teed am. chartered by the virginia assembly in 1762, it is the oldest town in the state. today, sheperdstown is thoem a division of the u.s. fish and wildlife service, a bureau of the department of interior. that is where q and a went in late april to talk with historian douglas brinkley about his book on the influence of our 26th president, on the history of the conservation movement. the book is tighted the wildnerness warrior theodore roosevelt and the crusade for america. doug bringley, why did you want to start our conversation about your book at this center? this is the national conservation training center, this is where biologists get trained, make sure that our rivers and our marshlands are taken care of, that ma
world ? he s about to show us. today, wednesday november 9th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today on this wednesday morning. i m ann curry, and matt will fill us in on his day three location of where in the world in just a moment. first we want to get to the new developments tied to the child sex abuse scandal at penn state university. nbc s ron allen is at state college, pennsylvania, with more on this. ron, good morning. reporter: good morning to you, ann. there is an emotional debate here at penn state whether coach joe paterno should be forced to resign. his critics say he should have taken charge, been aware of the child sexual abuse allegations surfaced directed at his former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky. after 47 years as the head of the football team, paer to know has a lot of passionate supporters as well. late tuesday as the clock tower struck an ominous tune, coach paterno supporters gathered on campus as penn st