ABOUT THE SHOW
Stories of people doing the
work
Hopeful by Nature travels the world to find the educators, parents, organizers, and community leaders who are connecting young people to the natural world in ways that build something real. Each episode is a conversation with someone who refused to wait for permission — and built something anyway.
Hosted by Scott Shepherd, founder of Wildward Institute.
LATEST EPISODE
Episode 08 — Earning Trust : Marco Wendt on Wild Animals, Belonging, and the Power of Listening
ABOUT THE EPISODE
What a vulture named Clarence taught Marco About Trust
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A rescued vulture, a childhood spent hiding half his identity, and thirty years at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance — on what it actually takes to earn trust from the animals, and people, who don't meet you halfway.
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Clarence didn't like most people.
A Cinereous Vulture perched on a stump
He was a Cinereous Vulture — the largest vulture species in Europe and Asia — and when Marco Wendt met him, Marco was sixteen, working his first summer job at what was then called the Wild Animal Park outside San Diego. Clarence had a reputation.
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