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A profound stutter as a child left Alan Rabinowitz virtually unable to communicate and to prefer animals to people. Now a conservationist of tigers and jaguars, an explorer of the world's last wild places, he has extraordinary insight into both animals and the human condition.
A jaguar peers out from the tall grasses.
» The Last Pure Pygmy and His Gift
[video, 4:52]
In the remote border region between Burma and Tibet lives the Taron people, a "pure-blood" race of Mongoloid pygmies on the verge of self-imposed extinction. Rabinowitz shares his encounter with one family member, Dawi, who saw the "deep, deep hole" existing within both men — and the bounty of that friendship in his own life.
» A Pictorial Corridor of Big Cats and Rabinowitz [photo slideshow]
Explore the world of Alan Rabinowitz in his work that spans the continents — from the jaguar corridors of Brazil to the nature preserves for tigers in Burma.
» The Gift of Stuttering and Animals
This here is one of those dreaded cuts we had to make. And it was nearly 10 minutes of quality storytelling about a debilitating stutter and the comfort of animals. But we opened up the unedited interview and excerpted this segment for all ears to listen via this beautiful thing called the In-ter-net.
» The Elusive Footage of Elephants Mourning
Compelling video of elephants mourning the death of a calf, and a magnificent segment on the secret language of elephants.
» Reflection on the Human/Animal Bond
Our producer explores the bond she shares with her dog, Oban.
» Photographing Panthera Onca
Smithsonian magazine features stunning images of jaguars in Brazil’s Pantal wetlands.
» Alan Rabinowitz: A Twittercript
Some gems from our live-tweeting of our ISDN interview.
Alan Rabinowitz
Rabinowitz is a zoologist and wildlife conservationist. He is founder and CEO of Panthera and the author of Life in the Valley of Death and Beyond the Last Village.
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