![]() ![]() “This bird has four words, and they’re all bad,” he said. Hanna said although his bird was capable of speaking, he could not show him off in the interest of keeping it a family show. While showing off a blue and gold macaw parrot, Hanna explained the bird’s ability to mimic the human voice and mentioned one in Texas that knows more than 300 words in four languages. “Did you have a hamburger for dinner? What’s that? You’re a vegetarian?” “Uh-oh! He has rabies! Just kidding,” Hanna said to the cameraman. Later on, a dingo went up to a cameraman and began licking the lens. A serval cat turned toward the display, giving the impression he was looking at his mirror image. Though the side stage set-up means the audience is closer, there was a large video display behind Hanna for close-ups of the animals, which led to some animal interaction. For most of the show, Hanna wove entertainment with information about problems facing animals and conservation. On Friday night, ‘Jungle’ Jack Hanna delighted the crowd from the BJC’s side stage, which has a capacity of 2,200. The Bryce Jordan Center was transformed into a jungle before the members of the audience even reached their seats. The sound of rustling leaves and monkey voices drifted from the arena into the lobby. ![]() Snakes and owls sat next to the popcorn stands. Jack Hanna visits Penn State campus with serval What is even worse is that DC staffers tell us that Jack Hanna has become the mouthpiece for the ZAA which is a collection of second rate roadside zoos, in our opinion, and as such he has been trying to thwart our efforts to pass the Big Cat Public Safety Act. If not for the demand for cub petting, that has been caused by all of the showing off on stage and in film, there wouldn’t be incidents like the Zanesville Massacre in the first place. We believe that it’s a monkey-see-monkey-do world out there and when people see celebrities, like Jack Hanna, taking cute baby wild cats into TV studios, they want to be like that guy, and will pay to pet exotic cats too. ![]() This article is from 2006, but the hypocrisy is in the fact that Jack Hanna should have known better than to take wild animals onto talk shows or out to schools. ![]()
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