Owl researcher pressed on with conservation work to the very end
TL;DR
David Johnson, a renowned owl scientist and conservationist who died at 69, continued his fieldwork and advocacy for owls despite a Stage 4 cancer diagnosis, famously saying, 'I didn’t pick owls — they picked me.'
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Diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer, an owl researcher kept working till the end The Washington Post
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