Dr Andrew Laurie

Dr Andrew Laurie is a biologist who has worked in Asia, South America and Africa on a wide range of research and conservation projects. Between 1972 and 1976 he carried out a long-term field study of Greater One-horned Rhinos, with short trips (1975 and 1976) for comparative observations on Sumatran and Javan Rhinos. He made a short return visit to Assam in 2018, looking in particular at the artificial island initiative, and between 1991 and 1992 he spent a year in Tanzania doing Black Rhino surveys in the Selous Game Reserve. Andrew’s direct experience with rhinos, although rather dated, was very formative, and rhino conservation is very important to him. He is generally cautious when it comes to interventions involving translocation and captive breeding.