Working with Hanna was never boring
Jack Hanna in 1989 with a white tiger cub at the zoo.
whole family lives peacefully together.
But the thing I most remember about that adventure was one evening in London when, after dinner, the entourage decided to take a walk near Buckingham Palace.
The palace grounds were separated from the sidewalk by a tall, ancient wall. As we walked along, one of the zoo people said to me, “Boy, I would sure like a piece of that wall for a souvenir.”
Like a dummy, a little farther along I noticed a loose chip on that wall and gave it to her. In a nanosecond we were surrounded by six police officers.
I immediately told myself, “I know I am going to jail.” Hanna turned around and walked up to one of those policemen and rapped him on the side of his helmet.
“What are those things made of anyways,” he asked.
I said to myself, “Now I know we’re going to jail.”
I told the police what I was doing, and they explained that recently a Jack Hanna directs a kangaroo off the walking path at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in May.
stranger had walked into the queen’s bedroom and sat down on the edge of her bed. That story had made all the papers around the world. As a consequence, the police and military were on high alert, and I think they had the wall wired for sensitivity.
The policemen were amused,
probably because of Hanna, and told us to go on our way.
That’s the way it is with Hanna. He immediately makes a good impression on folks, and they like him.