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The Big Cat and the Little Boy

2025/2/20
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Alan Rabinowitz: 我从小就有严重的口吃,这让我很难与人交流,但我能和动物流畅地沟通。儿时在布朗克斯动物园,我看到一只被困的美洲豹,它眼神中的无助让我感同身受,我许下承诺要为它找到一个家。这个承诺伴随我多年,激励我克服口吃,最终走上了野生动物保护的道路。 研究生毕业后,我被邀请到伯利兹研究美洲豹,这对我来说是一个巨大的挑战。在雨林中捕捉美洲豹前所未有,我不得不向当地的猎人们学习经验,并独自一人建造陷阱。这个过程充满了艰辛和危险,但我从未放弃。 通过不懈的努力,我成功地统计了伯利兹雨林中美洲豹的数量,并意识到它们正面临着森林砍伐的威胁。为了保护美洲豹及其栖息地,我向伯利兹政府争取建立美洲豹保护区。我克服了口吃,成功地向总理和内阁成员陈述了保护美洲豹的必要性,最终说服他们建立了世界上第一个美洲豹保护区。 在离开伯利兹之前,我最后一次在丛林中散步,意外地与一只美洲豹相遇。它眼神中的野性与自由让我震撼,也让我意识到我完成了儿时对它的承诺。我为它,也为所有野生动物找到了一个家。

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When wildlife conservationist Alan Rabinowitz was a boy, he had a stutter. Strangely, his stutter vanished when he spoke to animals. One day, when his father took him to the Bronx Zoo, Alan saw a majestic jaguar and made a promise to it. He spent the rest of his life fulfilling that promise.

Read Alan Rabinowitz’s picture book: “A Boy and a Jaguar).”

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