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BIOGRAPHY Born in Carthage , Missouri , he began his zoological career as a laborer at the Zoo in St. Louis, Missouri . He rose through the ranks, becoming the Reptile curator in 1928 . Perkins served as director of the Buffalo Zoological Park in Buffalo , New York and the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago , Illinois then returned to the Saint Louis Zoological Park as director in 1962 . Perkins joined Sir Edmund Hillary as the zoologist for one of Hillary's Himalaya n expeditions in 1960 to search for the legendary Yeti . Perkins was the host of ''Zoo Parade'', a television program that originated from the Lincoln Park Zoo when he was the director there.1 During his career, Perkins suffered multiple bites from venomous snakes. During a rehearsal of ''Zoo Parade'', he was bitten by a Timber Rattlesnake . In other incidents, he was also bitten by a Cottonmouth and a Gaboon Viper .2 Later he became host of '' Wild Kingdom '' when it debuted in 1963 . Through his fame on television, he became an advocate for the protection of Endangered Species . He retired from zookeeping in 1970 . Although . Perkins died of Cancer in 1986. In 1990 he was inducted into the St. Louis Walk Of Fame . REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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