“ Future generation s m ust b e in h e r ito rs , n o t ju s t su rv iv o r s !’

GEORGE SCHALLER

DR. GEORGE SCHALLER AND A SNOW LEOPARD

For Schaller, saving fragments ol nature is a matter o f great urgency.

Recently he faced one o f his greatest challenges. With Chinese scientists, he collaborated in a project to save the 1,000 giant pandas still alive in the wild. Currently he is

Snow leopards in the Himalayas. Tigers in working on the Tibetan plateau in order to help the wilds o f India. Mountain gorillas and lions in preserve the wildlife of those remote uplands. Africa. Jaguars in the swamps of Brazil. Since his work takes him to some ol the most

George Schaller, pictured above with a snowr forbidding places on earth, choosing the right leopard, has spent many years equipment is crucial to success, in remote and rugged places It is not surprising that Schaller wears a studying the natural history Rolex. o f rare animals —and fighting M y watch has got to be absolutely reliable, for their survival. as animal observations are invariably recorded

He sees these animals as symbols o f the habitats in which they live. Preserve their habitats and thousands of other plants and animals will be assured of a home. As the director o f Wildlife Conservation International, a division of the New York Zoological Society, Schaller and the staff have helped establish more than 50 wildlife reserves around the world.

ONE O F THE 1.000 REMAINING GIANT PANDAS

under the most demanding conditions. M y Rolex has never let me down.

Inhospitable conditions seem 'Mil to pose no problem for George Schaller.Or his Rolex. ROLEX

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George Schaller points out that the destruction o f environments is now so dras tic that, in the decades ahead, the nature ol life on earth wall be irrevocably changed.

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