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Dave Salmoni Profile |
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Birth Date: 1975
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Birth Place: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
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Birth Name: Dave Salmoni
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Height: 6'3"
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Biography |
Dave Salmoni is a Canadian animal trainer, zoologist, a
television presenter, and television producer. He has his
own production company, Triosphere, which is based in South
Africa and specializes in natural history filmmaking.
He graduated in biology from Laurentian University in
Sudbury and was an apprentice animal trainer at Bowmanville
Zoological Park. He was certified in Chemical Immobilization
of Wildlife while at the University. Salmoni left Canada for
South Africa in 2000 to help captive animals learn the
skills they needed to be released into the wild. He
continues to visit South Africa three months out of the
year.
He has hosted and/or produced several TV documentaries,
including Living with Tigers (2003), which describes the
progress he and John Varty made as part of the Bengal Tiger
rewilding Project, and Into The Lion's Den (2005) and
Sharks: Are They Hunting Us?, both for Discovery Channel. He
starred in the show Animal Face-Off as a host and expert.
Salmoni is a host of several Animal Planet and Discovery
Channel programs such as Rogue Nature, Predator vs. Prey,
Into the Lion's Den, and After the Attack, which are series
he not only hosts but also produces. He currently hosts and
produces the Discovery Channel show Rogue Nature and After
the Attack on Animal Planet.
Salmoni appeared as a guest on The Late Show with David
Letterman on September 2, 2003 and was a guest on The
Tonight Show with Jay Leno on November 1, 2007. He was on
The Hour, on the CBC on November 8, 2007 and January 14,
March 25 in 2009. Salmoni appeared on Anderson Cooper 360°
on February 18. 2009 to talk about the Travis (chimpanzee)
who was killed for attacking his owner by police, which he
said that chimpanzee's must not be kept as pets.
He has previously dated Fox's Morning Show Anchor Juliet
Huddy. Dave currently lives in Toronto. He is an avid
outdoorsman and enjoys sports and building things. When he
gets free time he likes to go to his family's cottage,
located in Ontario. The cottage is surrounded by wildlife. |
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