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Wildlife Trust

Conservation Agency

New York, New York, USA

Wildlife Trust (Established 1971)
460 West 34th Street, 17th floor , New York , New York 10001-2320 USA
Director: Mary Pearl Phone: 1 (212) 380-4460 Fax: 1 (212) 380-4465 E-mail: homeoffice@wpti.org
Affiliations: Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust; The Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, Columbia University; Instituto de Projectos E Pesquisas Ecologicas, Brazil; Wildlife Preservation Trust Canada; Center for Conservation Medicine, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine; Arizona Game and Fish; Consortium for Gunung Halimun National Park, Indonesia; Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center; Center for Guatemalan Biodiversity Conservation, Guatemala; Pronatura Noreste, Mexico

Mission: Wildlife Trust conserves threatened wild species and their habitats in partnership with local scientists and educators around the world.

Principal Research Programs: Brazil - Black Lion Tamarin, Black Faced Lion Tamarin; Madagascar - Ring-tailed Lemur, Black and White Ruffed Lemur.

Training Opportunities: Through the Internation Training Center for Breeding and Conservation of Endangered Species in Jersey, Channel Islands, U.K., the Wildlife Trust accepts students from emerging countries for a training program.

Number of Staff: Total (16); Office (11); Field (5)

Key Personnel: Mary Pearl, Ph.D., Executive Director, Phone: 845-365-8337, E-mail: pearl@wpti.org
Fred Koontz, Ph.D., Director for Conservation Programs, Phone: 845-365-8337, E-mail: koontz@wpti.org
A. Alonso Aguirre, VMD, Ph.D., Director for Conservation Medicine, Phone: 845-365-8337, E-mail: aguirre@wpti.org
James Powell, Ph.D., Director for Aquatic Programs, E-mail: powell@wpti.org
Susan Elbin, Program Officer for Education, Phone: 845-365-8337, E-mail: elbin@wpti.org
Ellen Kracauer Hartig, Foundation Officer, Phone: 845-365-8337, E-mail: hartig@wpti.org
Roberta Pearson, Office Manager, Phone: 845-365-8337, E-mail: pearson@wpti.org
Joanne M. Gullifer, Director for Administration, Phone: 610-461-2744, E-mail: gullifer@wpti.org
Marguerite Cunning, Tour Manager, Phone: 610-461-2744, E-mail: cunning@wpti.org
Robyn Cashwell, Finance Manager, Phone: 610-461-2744, E-mail: cashwell@wpti.org
Michael Wilkinson, Director of the Wild Ones, E-mail: wilkinson@wpti.org
Damiyanti Buchori, Indonesia Proj. Coordinator
Lorena Calvo, Central American Coordinator, E-mail: lcalvo@centramerica.com
Claudio Padua, Research Scientist, E-mail: ipe@ax.apc.org
Suzana Padua, Brazilian Program Coordinator, E-mail: ipc@ax.apc.org
Ernesto Enkerlin, North Mexico Program Director, E-mail: enkerlin@campus.mty.itesm.mx


Species Supported: "Leontopithecus chrysopygus"; "Leontopithecus caissara"; "Varecia variegatus"

Web Site: http://www.wildlifetrust.org

Publications: "On the Edge" (newsletter, four times a year); "The Dodo" (journal, annual); "The Wild Times" at www.thewildones.org (website newsletter, two times, December - April)

Entry created: 1998-03-30
Review requested: 2007-02-27
Entry last reviewed: 2005-09-06


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