I didn't think any amount of money was worth something that would take away what you believed in or what you stood for. I didn't want to do something my parents and daughter couldn't be proud of.

Federal legislation is urgently needed to stop this insanity of wild animals in captivity.

Animal abuse is rampant in the U.S., right under everyone's eyes, for the entertainment of the public. The brutal confinement and pain of training methods of wild animals in the circus, the aquatic and theatrical shows, leads to retaliation by the animals. Eventually they find the right time to strike out, and they will.

It has become my mission to stop the insanity of wild cats as pets.

It's going to be very interesting to see somebody playing me.

I have a strong Lutheran background, and my parents instilled in me strong morals.

We had a lion that was living in somebody's basement outside of Branson, Missouri.