An interview with small cat specialist Dr. Jim Sanderson

Posted on Thursday, August 7th, 2008

By ahedgehog
 
Jim Sanderson with a live Andean cat in Bolivia. Photo by Lillian Villalba.

Dr Jim Sanderson, a scientist with the Small Cat Conservation Alliance and Conservation International, is working to save some of the world’s rarest cats, including the Andean cat and Guigna of South America and the bay, flat-headed, and marbled cats of Southeast Asia. In the process Sanderson has captured on film some of the planet’s least seen animals, including some species that have never before been photographed. He has also found that despite widespread criticism, some corporate entities are effectively protecting remote wilderness areas. He cites BHP Billiton’s bauxite project in the Bakhuys mountains of Suriname as an example.

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