Susan Orlean Quotes

I've got four dogs, eight chickens, 10 sheep and six pigs.

Marlon was more of a formal zoo director type.

I think we have a real obligation when we do have animals in captivity to understand their needs and to care for them as well as we can.

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

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

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.

Mr. Wilder says he would rather have me help than any man he ever sawed with. And, believe me, I learned how to take care of hens and to make them lay.

I keep endlessly busy with all kinds of stuff, mostly horses, cattle, livestock, things like that.

I have delivered lambs, calves and foals on our farms over the years.

I've had pets my whole life, and I grew up with pigs and cows.

I like to visit my horse, have a walk with my dog.

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 wouldn't keep him around long if I didn't feed him well.

I love looking after animals. I find it very enjoyable.

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

If I could stomach the awful part of being a veterinarian, which involves sticking your hand up animals' behinds, I would be a vet.

There was a brief period of time when I was very young where I thought I wanted to be a veterinarian - largely because I liked cats - but then somebody told me I would have to cut animals open, and that was the end of that.

When you are new at sheep-raising and your ewe has a lamb, your impulse is to stay there and help it nurse and see to it and all. After a while, you know that the best thing you can do is walk out of the barn.

On the farm, I had chores. I had a calf. We had a herd of cattle in the pasture. We'd go and get me a calf at a cow auction with Amish people, which I would raise. I gave it a bottle every day, in this cute little coop, like a giant dog coop almost. I've always been a big animal person.

The producers of 'The Hobbit' take the welfare of all animals very seriously and have always pursued the highest standard of care for animals in their charge.

The meat and poultry industries are outstanding industries, and it's going to be a very natural fit for me.

I also love animals, and I worked at a veterinary clinic for a while, but it turns out that loving animals and removing deflated basketballs from the intestinal tracts of animals are two very different skill sets.

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

I've had a love of animals from birth. I love getting to know other species. We should all be aware that there is not one thing we can give a wild animal in captivity that they need.

If a farmer calls me to a sick animal, he couldn't care less if I were George Bernard Shaw.