Urs Breitenmoser
Co-chair
International Union for the Conservation of Nature,
SSC, Cat Specialist Group,
Switzerland
"Beyond her professional excellence and amazing innovative capacity, I have admired and profited from Astrid's communication skills, and from her ability to bring people together. "
"I have been working with Astrid since the early times of the recovery programme for the Iberian lynx, when Astrid was the director of the conservation breeding programme – the right person at the right place at the right time. Beyond her professional excellence and amazing innovative capacity, I have admired and profited from her communication skills, and from her ability to bring people together. In these difficult and sometimes hopeless situations, she was a source of optimism and inspiration."
The Cat Specialist Group consists of the world's leading scientists and wildlife managers involved in the preservation of the 36 species of wild cats. It appeals for the cooperation of all people to ensure that these magnificent animals continue to coexist with humans as they have through the ages.