John A. Ruthven is a naturalist, author, lecturer, and internationally acknowledged master of wildlife art, often called the ?20th Century Audubon.? In 1974, he led the effort to save the last of the CincinnatiZoo'?s 19th century bird pagodas ? the one where Martha, the last of the passenger pigeons, had once lived. Mr. Ruthven is the final speaker in the Cincinnati Zoo?'s Barrows Lecture Series this year (the event is sold out). The Zoo?'s Thane Maynard talks with John Ruthven, who is the recipient of the 2014 Cincinnati Zoo Wildlife Conservation Award.
In January of this year, Thane Maynard spoke to Joel Greenburg, author of A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction. You can hear that interview by clicking here: Thane and Joel Greenburg