Alan Rabinowitz is an American conservationist and field biologist. He is referred to "Indiana Jones of Wildlife Protection" by Time Magazine. These days Rabinowitz focuses his attention on conserving the world's largest, most endangered cats.
As a child Rabinowitz had such a severe stutter that it often caused his body to twist and spasm when attempting to speak. "When I was a child, I literally could not get a sentence out," Rabinowitz says. "I was the only stutterer I knew, and . . . Every day I'd get called out of class at a certain time, and I would go to what all the kids called the retarded class."
Frustrated with his inability to communicate, he became interested in animals and wildlife. He immersed himself in the company of animals. He found that they did not care about his stutter and they could not speak for themselves. He made a promise to animals that, if he ever found his own voice, he would use it to speak in their defense.
By his late 20's, Rabinowitz had lost the stutter and found his way, both as a scientist and as a man. One of his greatest achievements was the Jaguar Corridor, a series of biological and genetic corridors for jaguars across their entire range—from Mexico to Argentina.
