Laurie Marker Ph.D., Indianapolis Prize Finalist, Cheetah Conservation Fund
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Channel: IndianapolisZoo · 2008 · Nonprofits & Activism
Laurie Marker, Ph.D., founder/executive director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), has accomplished much since founding CCF in 1990. She has led a conservation program from humble beginnings in rural Namibia to an unparalleled model for predator conservation. Time magazine awarded her "Hero for the Planet" in 2000. In 2007, she completed a breakthrough research study on captive cheetah reproduction. The first-ever in vitro cheetah embryos to reach early embryonic development were produced at CCF in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution and the University of California at Davis.
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