Laurie Marker

• Marker is an American zoologist who, after finishing college, started working at a wildlife safari to help fund her small businesses in the wine and diary goat industries.
• She worked at the safari for 16 years and developed the US and international captive breeding program for cheetahs (cheetah studbooks).
• Through her efforts, Marker established the most successful captive cheetah-breeding program in North America.
• In Namibia, she set up the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), which is now a world-class research, education and conservation centre.

Text and image: Cheetah Conservation Fund

Author: Gabriele Perminaite (2021) LJMU Student

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