“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”  ~Jim Fowler, Wild Kingdom Host and Conservationist. Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom Celebrates 50 Years! As a child, my brother and I looked forward to the nature and wildlife shows by Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom.  You have to remember back in the day (a long time ago is suffice to say) there were not 5,000 channels to choose from.  We had like 12 channels and had to be happy with the selection – period.  Luckily, we had great programs available through Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom which premiered on January 6, 1963.   For 50…