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Friday, June 01, 2007

We end the hour with the story of boy who feels great sadness at the zoo. He doesn't like cages so he sets out to dedicate his life to keeping animals in the wild. In the end though, he'll find himself back at the zoo, as a zoo employee, to accomplish his mission. 'Jaguar Man,' Alan Rabinowitz, tells us how his story of making a promise to a big cat, and traveling deep into the Belize jungle to fulfill it.

Visit the Cockscomb Basin Jaguar Preserve
Why Alan is this boy's hero
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Comments

  • [1] Eileen Smith from New jersey June 02, 2007 - 12:35PM

    I was running errands while listening to this on my car radio. I sat in the car, not able to get out and continued to listen. The ending of this story had tears of reverence and wonder pouring down my face.
  • [2] Steven Radzikowski from New Jersey June 04, 2007 - 11:25PM

    a really great story which i missed on the radio but caught up with here online. poignant and lovely. i felt a lot of energy in this story. thank you radiolab and wnyc!
  • [3] Sigrid Mohn from St. Paul June 06, 2007 - 05:08PM

    I heard the intro with trepidation, as stories about imprisoned animals always make me sad. I'm glad a few people were able to help some of them. The end of the China story was horrifying. You've done an excellent job incorporating sound and music into the narrative of the pieces, they highlight what radio can be.


  • [4] Emmy Stuebing from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada June 07, 2007 - 01:07PM

    Thank you for "opening my ears and my heart" to the remarkable story of Dr. Rabinowitz. His story is very inspiring and it brings tears to my eyes thinking of the good work that one man (or woman) can do.


  • [5] Susan Larson from Wayland, Massachusetts, USA June 27, 2007 - 11:54AM

    I was about to turn of my radio after hearing the heartrending wails of the Chinese detainee tigers trapped in their tiny cages..but I didn't and so I hear Alan Rabinowitz's amazing story. I was sobbing by the end. Can we promise to save the world for wildness? God I hope so.


  • [6] Michael Taylor from Pt. Reyes Station, California June 30, 2007 - 05:49PM

    What a terrific show! The last story of Alan Rabinowitz was particularly poignant -- so good that it all but undid me. At a time when things look so very dark everywhere we turn, we need to hear such stories of hope and perserverance -- now more than ever.


  • [7] Maggie Rufo from Novato, CA July 02, 2007 - 07:25PM

    I'm so glad to know that Alan Rabinowitz is still helping the jaguars. I saw a wonderful piece about him on television a few years ago (Sixty Minutes?) and he had just been disgnosed with cancer, so I hope this wonderful man is well and will keep saving jaguars for many more years!
  • [8] Cheryl Kreiser from Maryland July 04, 2007 - 06:10PM

    What a wonderful, wonderful story! I'm going to use it in my classroom. That's okay, isn't it?

    Thank you!
  • [9] Nick from Michigan June 11, 2008 - 09:05PM

    In other media, Alan Rabinowitz was the guest on The Colbert Report earlier this week. What he said there overlapped 90% with what he said on Radiolab, but still nice to see that his advocacy is continuing.

    http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=171137

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