Eavesdropping on Animals: What We Can Learn From Wildlife Conversations

About George Bumann

George Bumann (rhymes with human) is an animal language expert artist and naturalist living with his wife son and black Labrador at the northern entrance of Yellowstone National Park. With a background in wildlife ecology and field experience spanning four decades from across the globe Bumann explores the lives of his wild neighbors and tells their stories through his teachings and bronze sculptureoften depicting individual animals hes known for days months years and even generations.His art and educational programming have appeared in the Salt Lake City Tribune Los Angeles Times Washington Post Sacramento Bee and on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Travel Channel Discovery Channel and on the TEDx stage. His bronze sculptures reside in public and private collections across North America and around the world. Information about his programs on animal language is available online.Jon Young grew up in New Jersey and was mentored from the age of ten as a naturalist and tracker by a master tracker into his early adulthood. He is passionate about teaching the benefits of connecting deeply with the natural world. He lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California.