Wildlife biologist and National Geographic Emerging Explorer Luke Dollar first came to Madagascar as an undergraduate field assistant in 1994, and went on to conduct more than a decades research there on the islands fossaa catlike nocturnal mammaland the lemurs on which it preys. The rate of habitat loss he witnessed convinced him that scientists must find effective ways to inform and influence public policy, and quickly, if wildlife conservation is to succeed. Luke now manages the Societys Big Cats Initiative.

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