John McDonald retired from IBM and Arrow Electronics.  He has had a life-long interest in large predators.  After retiring he made multiple trips to Africa where he worked with wild cheetahs at the Cheetah Conservation Funds research facility  in Namibia.  In 2018 and 2019 he spent six months each year working with and lecturing on wolves and coyotes at the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge.  Last winter he spent five months at the Busch Wildlife Sanctuary in Jupiter Florida lecturing on the Florida Panther and Florida Black Bears.

 

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Past Classes:
Fall 2024 - American Predators: Wolves, Coy Wolves, Cougars and Jaguars [F-24-1]
Fall 2023 - The Big Cats: Lions, Tigers, Cheetahs and Leopards [F-23-7]
Spring 2020 - More Elephants and Rhinos Too [S-20-35]
Spring 2019 - Elephants and Rhinos [S-19-18]
Fall 2018 - American Predators II [F-18-3]
Spring 2018 - American Predators: Wolves, Coy Wolves, Cougars and Jaguars [S-18-4]
Fall 2016 - Great Apes: Part II [F-16-28]
Fall 2015 - The Great Apes [F-15-25]
Fall 2014 - Leopards and Jaguars; Elephants and Rhinos [F-14-35]
Fall 2013 - The Big Cats: Lions, Tigers, Cheetahs [F-13-10]
Fall 2012 - The Big Cats: Leopards and Jaguars [F-12-7]
Fall 2011 - The Big Cats [F-11-11]