John Hunt

John Hunt is a world-famous animal collector on Long Island, New York, who has studied and collected animals for twenty years. He is has gained a reputation as an expert on all sorts of wildlife, and has passed along his knowledge and love of animals to his sons, Hal and Roger.

At the beginning of Amazon Adventure, John is taking his sons with him on his expedition to the Amazon, where, if they perform well, their reward will be a trip to the South Seas the following year. When a competitor threatens the animal farm and John is forced to return home, Hal and Roger continue the Amazon expedition on their own, successfully returning safely with a wide variety of exotic Amazon animals.

At the end of Gorilla Adventure, Hunt changes the sign in front of the animal farm from "John Hunt - Wildlife" to "John Hunt and Sons - Wildlife" in recognition of Hal and Roger's contributions.

At the end of Arctic Adventure John tells Hal and Roger that he will put the money received from three polar bears they have captured into a trust for them to receive formal education in wildlife science. In the final line of the final book of the original Willard Price Adventure series, Hunt tells his sons, "You already know the outside of your animals. The time will come when you will know them inside out."