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About Steve Hoddy
Steve Hoddy has been training animals for over 35 years. In 1972
Steve found what was believed to be the last wild California Condor eyrie. In 1973 Steve was asked to help Jim Fowler of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom handle a Harpy Eagle for the Johnny Carson Show. Jim referred to Steve as "the leading bird trainer in the world!" Jim’s environmental education messages inspired Steve to do his part to educate the public to help save the environment. Steve served as an educational director as well as an animal program consultant for 8 years at Silver Springs in Florida.
In 1990 he left Silver Springs to promote EarthQuest. Steve has been a dedicated wildlife educator and animal trainer for over 30 years. He worked as a field researcher for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in the study of Peregrine Falcons and found one of the last known California Condor nests in the wild.
Steve has worked with, and trained a wide variety of animals from around the world but his passion is Birds of Prey. Steve has practiced the art of Falconry since his early teens and today is a Master Falconer, which is the highest position that can be achieved in this field.
Throughout his career, Steve has gained a great degree of experience in many areas of his work with wildlife. A few of his accomplishments include working as a cameraman on the first collection of walrus specimens by Sea World and studying Peregrine Falcons where he was alone in the wilderness for months with only his surveillance equipment and camp gear. Steve has trained animals in familiar television commercials such as the "Miller Malt Liquor Eagle", "Buick Sky Hawk" and the European Steppe Eagle now featured at the opening of the NBA games shown on Turner Broadcasting. Steve also cares for the Aflac Ducks that appear at special events. As a professional, Steve is well respected among his peers for his talents and skills, not only as a behaviorist, but for his skills in creating habitat designs for zoos, concept & production of educational wildlife shows & scripting for theme parks. Steve is also very dedication to educating school children about the importance of wildlife and environmental conservation.
Early in his career, Steve was the star of a motion picture called "Their Only Chance". 
"Their Only Chance" is an exciting and heartwarming true story of a young man who loves wild animals and hates how they are treated by man. Steve Hoddy, it seems, has the ability to communicate with animals and uses his talent to care for and return injured and abused animals to the wilderness. His love is so unselfish that he often places his own life in jeopardy, challenging the fury of nature and the anger of spiteful men.
Throughout his life, he has been dedicated to preserving animals and habitats just as the movie portrays.
This exciting film takes you on one such adventure as Steve must overcome incredible odds to return a coyote, a cougar and a golden eagle to the wilds. In the process he loses all of his possessions, the love of a beautiful girl and is seriously injured. Frozen and almost completely buried by snow he is miraculously rescued by a gruff, cold-hearted mountain man named "Old Grizzle Bill" who reluctantly allows the boy to recuperate at his cabin. Initially "Old Bill" exhibits little tolerance for the boy and his ways. But as time passes it appears that the old mountain man might be acquiring the boy's kindness and admiration for critters he normally would think nothing of destroying. For "Old Grizzle Bill" the true test comes when he sets out to track "Lobo Three Toe", the great timber wolf, who has eluded and sprung his traps for years.
The dawn of spring finds Steve fully recovered. He must now leave the mountain and his friend, "Old Grizzle Bill", to complete his mission of returning his friends to the wilds. The spectacular scenes at the end of this film were shot on location as it was actually happening.
This film is rated G and runs 84 minutes.
It can be found in local video stores and sometimes on ebay.