Greg Rasmussen

Infobox Person
name = Gregory S. A. Rasmussen


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caption = Greg Rasmussen demonstrates his painted dog tracking device at Hwange Park in 1996
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birth_place = London, United Kingdom
known_for = conservationist Wildlife conservation biologist
education = Falcon College
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children =

Greg Rasmussen (born in London, UK) is a British Wildlife conservation biologistcite news
last = Sohn
first = Emily
title = Saving Africa's wild dogs
publisher = Science News for Kids
date = 2006-08-30
url = http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20060830/Feature1.asp
accessdate = 2008-05-15 ] who has studied the African Wild Dog for over twenty years, working in the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe.cite news
last = Raffaele
first = Paul
title = Curse of the Devil's Dogs
publisher = Smithsonian magazine
date = April, 2007
url = http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/wilddogs.html?c=y&page=2
accessdate = 2008-05-15 ] He is the founder and Director of the Painted Dog Conservation project.cite web
title = Conservation Partners
publisher = Wildlife Conservation Project
date = 2008
url = http://www.wildnet.org/wild_dog.htm
accessdate = 2008-05-15 ]

Background

Rasmussen was born in London but moved to Zimbabwe with his parents when he was eleven years old where he attended Falcon College. This was followed by a spell in the merchant navy. In 1988 Joshua Ginsberg offered him a job observing animals in Hwange National Park. He established the Painted Dog Conservation project in 2002.

In 2003 he was involved in a light plane crash which left him severely injured and alone in the African bush. He survived and was eventually rescued.cite news
title = Crash landing in the African bush
publisher = BBC Wildlife magazine
date = January, 2004
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/features/327feature1.shtml
accessdate = 2008-05-15] The story of his survival is featured in season one of "I Shouldn't Be Alive" a documentary series broadcast on the Discovery Channel in the United States in an episode entitled "Jaws of Death". The story is also told in "Thrown to the Lions", shown as part of the Channel 4 series, "Alive".cite web
title = Thrown to the Lions
publisher = Channel 4
date =
url = http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/A/alive/programmes_3.html
accessdate = 2008-07-02]

References

External links

* [http://www.painteddog.org Painted Dog Conservation Project website]