Dave Salmoni
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Dave Salmoni (born 1975 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian animal trainer and zoologist.
He graduated in biology from Laurentian University in Sudbury and was an apprentice animal trainer at Bowman Zoological Park. Salmoni left Canada for South Africa in 2000 to help captive animals learn the skills they needed to be released into the wild.
He has made several TV documentaries, including Living with Tigers which describes the progress he and John Varty made as part of the African Tiger Project, and Into The Lion's Den (2005) for Discovery Channel Animal Planet. He has also starred in the show Animal Face-Off as a host and expert.
He appeared as a guest on The Late Show with David Letterman on September 2, 2003.
[edit] External links
- Dave Salmoni & Living with Tigers at Discovery Channel
- Dave Salmoni at TV.com
- Dave Salmoni at the Internet Movie Database
- Into the Lion's Den at Discovery Channel
- Active: Born to be Wild, Dave Salmoni interview / feature, Times Online, February 14, 2004
