His love for animals began as a boy while living on the island of Corfu, he gained international stature as a wildlife conservationist, Gerald Durrell was born on this day in 1925. “Someone told me it’s all happening at the zoo” to which you are invited on Crosscurrents, 1/07 at 8 am. GERALD DURRELL ON KRNN, 1/07:
QUOTES AND SUCH:
There is no first world and third world. There is only one world, for all of us to live and delight in.
A house is not a home until it has a dog.
In conservation, the motto should always be ‘never say die’.
“The uncivilized behavior of some human beings in a zoo has to be seen to be believed.”
“In my experience it is always the most innocent-looking creatures that can cause you the worst damage.”