I was told that as an infant, my favorite book was a cloth book (un-tearable) showing various animals. Apparently naming them (in baby-speak) was among my first words. I think I remember the book, but thought it might be a created memory. Then years later, I found another cloth book in a children’s book store. The smell of that book brought back so many vivid memories that I know I had a similar book. That’s evidence that very early, in life animals were important to me. Later, in Grade 4 (1953), I flipped through an encylopaedia and found pictures of dinosaurs. Wow! Then I saw the word “extinct” and looked that up in a dictionary. Utter devastation. So conservation became important for me. Today, I am still upset at reports of some frog or dolphin that is about to disappear. I am not suited to trekking in wild places like David Attenborough or Gordon Buchanan. All I do is give a little financial support to WWF and several other wildlife organizations. Thank you for your good work.
