Jerry

Private Citizen

July 23, 2009

1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?

Rides in the country with Dad looking at wild animals especially.

2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood? How about now??

I lived near the Dunkirk harbor of Lake Erie and I still enjoy going there.

3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?

I do not like zoos, feel the animals are caged/imprisoned and that is not fair. I like the birds that hang at zoos and are free to go.

4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?

We humans are destroying the earth. We have got to be stopped.

5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?

Try to be as gentle as you can. It may not continue as we know it for very long.