A Welsh biologist once criticised for stealing eggs from the nests of the rarest bird in the world has been awarded the ‘Nobel prize’ of conservation after his controversial methods saved nine species from extinction. Professor Carl Jones won the 2016 Indianapolis Prize – the highest accolade in the field of animal conservation – for his 40 years of work in Mauritius, where he saved an endangered kestrel from becoming the next Dodo. When the…
Biologist who snatched eggs from nests of world’s rarest bird wins the ‘Nobel prize’ of conservation
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