Nigel Barker Quotes

I just can't remember a time when I wasn't involved with animals and wildlife.

We're feeding all these zoos. And that's getting bigger and bigger.

I actually wanted to be a zookeeper when I was 5.

Zoology has always been interesting to me. Nature is fascinating.

I dreamed of growing up and becoming a zookeeper.

Marlon was more of a formal zoo director type.

I'm very caring with animals. I think patience is a big deal, because animals are always jumping around. I love to take care of people, so I think I'd be a good vet. I always wanted to be a vet when I was little.

I like animals. I like natural history. The travel bit is not the important bit. The travel bit is what you have to do in order to go and look at animals.

Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings.

I would love to be working in a hospital or in a completely different realm, working with or exploring the lives of animals.

Bindi's been filming with us since she first hatched.

I want to get a wolf and an eagle.

I always loved animals. And when I was ten, I decided I had to go to Africa and live with animals and write books about them.

I haven't got anything against cats. I haven't got anything against elk either, but that doesn't mean I'm going to keep one in the store so I'll have a place to hang my hat.

I will be doing a film called Whispers, for Disney. It's about elephants, and doesn't have any people in it. It will be a live action film - I don't know how much I can say about it, since I still don't know too much about it.

There is something about seeing rhinos and lions running free that excites you. It's not that you feel afraid; it's more like you're liberated by seeing them.

Animals interest me more than anything else.

And I like pygmy goats, because they're just lovely, and ducks.

Zoos should concentrate more on the preservation side of things.

I'm going to be doing exactly what I'm doing now - teaching people about animals.

I'm an avid animal lover. When I was 16, I wanted to be a vet or a zookeeper. I grew up with animals. At one time we had between five and eight dogs in the house, with four cats. We're menagerie people.

I hate zoos.

All zoos are both beguiling and repellent.

What's the reality of being inside a zoo, for the animals and for the people who love and care for those animals? There's a lot of joy, and there's a lot of loss.

I love animals, and I was always attracted to the idea of being a zoo veterinarian or a veterinarian with the circus.