| Every kind of animal in the world will hold an interest | | | | these are available for viewing on cable and satellite |
| for someone at some time in their life. Whether it is | | | | channels |
| the pets that we adore and love at home, or just | | | | One of the first really successful wild life programs |
| visiting the zoo with our children, animals have always | | | | was Wild Kingdom. It ran from 1963 until 1971. |
| touched our lives in one way or another. We are | | | | National Geographic Specials aired in 1965 and can |
| simply fascinated by the many thousands of species | | | | now be seen on PBS. The Discovery Channel hosts a |
| that there are and the individuality of them all. | | | | variety of programs concerning wild life. Animal Planet |
| Many times when we ride through the country, we | | | | is a network of The Discovery Channel and is all |
| can catch glimpses of these many creatures in there | | | | about animal subjects and species. Meercat Manor is |
| wild environments. We can see deer crossing the | | | | an adorable show about these cute little creatures, |
| roads that we use to travel on and are amazed at | | | | but it does depict some of their more beastly habits |
| the graceful way that they bound over a field back | | | | as well. |
| into hiding. Seeing squirrels at play in our own back | | | | We are all beginning to understand the important |
| yards and the birds that visit the feeders that we | | | | roles that wild life plays in our world. While we watch |
| put out for them, can give us a certain amount of | | | | the drastic changes that we as humans are making |
| joy on an almost daily basis. | | | | to the environment that wild life needs to survive, it |
| Those of us who live in places where we can | | | | is easier to understand what we could be doing to |
| observe these sorts of animal activities are lucky. | | | | our own living environment as well. While we are |
| Many people who live in urban areas must travel to | | | | watching the many species that have been and |
| state parks to see wild life in their natural habitat. | | | | continue to be on the brink of extinction, it is more |
| The other way to get to observe these animal life | | | | obvious that we must make some changes in the |
| styles are to watch the many wild life programs that | | | | way we are treating our world, not only for their |
| are available to us on television. The majority of | | | | sakes, but for our own as well. |