Man and beast by alan rabinowitz biography

American zoologist

Alan Robert Rabinowitz (December 31, 1953 – August 5, 2018) was an American zoologist who served as the president, CEO, and chief scientist at Panthera Corporation, a nonprofit conservation organization devoted to protecting the world's 40 wild cat species.^[2] Called the "Indiana Jones of Wildlife Protection" by Time, he studied jaguars, clouded leopards, Asiatic leopards, tigers, Sumatran rhinos, bears, leopard cats, raccoons, cervidae, and civets.^[3]

Early life

Alan Rabinowitz was born to Shirley and Frank Rabinowitz in Brooklyn, New York, but moved to Queens, New York, soon afterward.^[4] In grade school, he had a severe stutter.^[5] Unable to communicate with his peers and teachers, Rabinowitz became interested in wildlife, with which he could communicate.^[6]

Later, Rabinowitz regularly recalled how in childhood he became interested in wildlife conservation.^[7][8]