Ernest Harold Baynes is fondly remembered in New Hampshire as our own Doctor Doolittle. A self-taught naturalist, he wrote and lectured extensively on animal behavior, bird and bison restoration, the role of animals in WWI, and vivisection.

Baynes shared his New Hampshire home with tame bear, fox, boar, bison, and wolf. He fought to end the trade in bird feathers for fashion and established one of the first bird sanctuaries in America.

While serving as conservator to the Corbin Park bison herd, he convinced President Theodore Roosevelt to support the preserving of the American bison from extinction through the founding of the American Bison Society.

This NH Humanities' supported lecture from author and historian Mary Kronenwetter includes archival Baynes photographs from the Plainfield Historical Society collection.