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Hammer Simwinga - Delia and Mark Owens' protege in North Luangwa - received one of the most prestigious awards in the world, The 2007 Goldman Environmental Prize.
Welcome to the Owens Foundation. Here you will learn about the
conservation work of American zoologists Mark and Delia Owens.
Beginning in 1974, Delia and Mark worked for seven years in the Central
Kalahari Game Reserve of Botswana studying brown hyenas and black maned
lions where they made landmark discoveries regarding both species. From
1985 through 1997 the Owenses worked to rehabilitate a 5,000 square mile
area in north Zambia by eliminating elephant and meat poaching for the
benefit of the people and the wildlife living there. In 1997, Delia and
Mark returned to the US and began assisting grizzly bear conservation in North Idaho, which is one of the five remnant grizzly bear populations in the lower 48 states. Today, Delia and Mark continue their support for the people and wildlife of Zambia as well as working for grizzly bear conservation in the northwestern US.
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