Want to know more about
Raising Sancho? Check out the latest
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom podcast with wildlife expert and former co-host Peter Gros. A link between the classic series with Marlin Perkins and the new
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom on Animal Planet, Peter Gros is a licensed animal presenter and an authority on wildlife species of all shapes and sizes.
We'll post Peter's audio podcast soon, but in the meantime you can read the transcript below.
Will Johnson: Hello, I'm Will Johnson for Discovery Channel Radio. I'm here with wildlife expert Peter Gros, and today we'll be discussing the latest episode of
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom,
Raising Sancho, premiering Sunday, April 8, at 7 p.m. ET/PT on Animal Planet. Hello Peter.
Peter Gros: Hi Will, great to talk to you again.
Will Johnson: What do you think about this new special?
Peter Gros: Oh, I think it's an amazing show. It's really an extraordinary insight into the lives of giant otters in the wild as they've never, ever been seen before.
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Peter Gros is a special adviser to Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom on Animal Planet and a former host of the original series. On behalf of Mutual of Omaha, he is involved with a nationwide education program that teaches students about the importance of conservation. As former director of land animals, and later vice president, at Marine World/Africa USA, he established breeding programs for 377 endangered animals. He later developed a rehabilitation program for birds of prey. Peter is an active member of several zoological and environmental education groups, a licensed exhibition and animal educator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and a frequent lecturer on the subject of conservation at universities, zoos and nature centers.
