Leonard J. Soucy
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Len Soucy is a naturalist, photographer, lecturer, author, raptor researcher and avian rehabilitator. He holds a master bird-banding license from the U.S. Department of Interior and has been banding wild raptors for over 35 years. Soucy has published much scientific information gathered from field studies. Len is the founder and director of the non-profit organization, The Raptor Trust.
Begun by Len and his wife Diane over 30 years ago as a modest backyard avian care center, the Trust has grown to be one of the largest, most comprehensive facilities of its kind in the nation. From 1982 until 2005 over 60,000 hawks, owls and other wild birds have been cared for at TRT. Nearly half of them have been returned to the wild. 100 unreleasable raptors permanently reside at the Trust.
An on-site education center was added to the facility in 1989. Len Soucy's work has been recognized locally and nationally, and he has received awards from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the New Jersey Veterinary Foundation and the Humane Society of the United States, to name a few.
In 1986 he was honored with The National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 1988 Len received an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Drew University. A lifetime resident of New Jersey, he and his wife have one son and live in Millington, New Jersey.
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