Obituary: Pralad Yonzon

Obituary: Pralad Yonzon

Bornean Ferret Badger in Crocker Range Park, Sabah Melogale everetti Melogale everetti 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. www presentation at the 1st Borneo Carnivore Symposium Duckworth,.iucnredlist.org J. W. &. DownloadedAzlan, M. J. 2008.on . In: IUCN Wilting, A. 2011. The Bornean Ferret Badger . Oral , 18–24 June Melogale orientalis2 May 2011. - 2011,1Institute Kota Kinabalu, for Tropical Sabah, Biology Malaysia. and Conservation, Duckworth, J. W., Roberton, S.Small I. & Brickle,Carnivore N. ConservationW. 2008. Further notes on Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jln UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Javan Ferret Badger at Gunung Gede Pangran Sabah, Malaysia. evidencego National from Park, the Java. primate fauna. Indo-Pacific Prehistory 39: 39–40. Associa- Email: [email protected] Harrison,tion Bulletin T. 1996. The palaeoecological context at Niah cave, Sarawak: 2Conservation Biology Programme, School of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Small Carnivore 14: Conservation90–100. Sabah, Jln UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Long, C. A. 1992. Is the Javan Ferret-Badger aA subspecies field guide or to athe species? mam- Sabah, Malaysia. mals of Borneo 6: 17. - 3Zoology and Entomology Section, Sabah Parks, Payne, J., Francis, C. M. & Phillipps, K. 1985. P.O. Box 10626, 88806 Kota Kinabalu, . The Sabah Society and World Wildlife Fund Ma Sabah, Malaysia. Melogalelaysia, Kota moschata Kinabalu, Malaysia. 4Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Robichaud, W. G. 2010. A field recordSmall of Small-toothed Carnivore Conservation Ferret Badger Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17, 10315 Berlin, in Central Laos, and other recent records of Germany. ferret badgers from the country. 42: 32–34. Obituary: Pralad Yonzon It was with shock and regret that I heard of the untimely death a preliminary study of Red Pandas in Bhutan. However, as time- of Dr Pralad Yonzon who was killed in Kathmandu on Monday progressed, his interests expanded to encompass more general 31 October 2011 when a truck ran into his bicycle as he was- conservation. In 1986 he founded Resources Himalaya, a Nepa making his way home from work. workslese knowledge-based towards promoting organisation livelihoods dedicated of the mountain to conservation peoples. of Although I only met AilurusDr Yonzon fulgens on , threeand hisor dedicationfour occa natural resources, which gradually evolved into an NGO that also sions, I was always impressed by his knowledge of wildlife, in particular the Red Panda In 2002, Dr Yonzon received the Order of the Golden Ark to conservation in his homeland. The first time I met Pralad, from UntilPrince his Bernhard death, Dr of Yonzon the Netherlands continued forhis hiswork services promot to- he was still a student, writing up his PhD thesis on the Red conservation in Nepal, Bhutan and Vietnam. Pandas of Langtang National Park under the supervision of Dr to follow in his footsteps, while never forgetting his love of the Malcolm Hunter of the University of Maine. He was attending ing conservation and inspiring and mentoring young people a Red Panda Conference in Rotterdam where he presented one of the first papers on his Redfulgens Panda work. This was one of the Red Panda. He will be sorely missed by conservationists and first of the modern studies of Red Panda ecology in general lovers of the Himalayas everywhere. Our thoughts go out to and the very first on the subspecies: as such it was his family at this tragic time. ground-breaking work. Dr Yonzon continued his work on Red Pandas, including Angela GLATSTON 25 Small Carnivore Conservation , Vol. 45, December 2011.

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