Nat Geo WILD's Big Cat Expert Boone Smith to Visit Hill Freedman World Academy Middle School on Monday, Nov. 17, to Discuss Big Cat Conservation with Students

Nat Geo WILD's Big Cat Expert Boone Smith to Visit Hill Freedman World Academy Middle School on Monday, Nov. 17, to Discuss Big Cat Conservation with Students

School Is One of Only Four in the U.S. Selected to Participate in National Geographic's Big Cats Initiative Sister School Program

Smith Is Featured in "Man v. Lion" on Nat Geo WILD Friday, Nov. 28, at 9 PM ET, Launching the Network's Fifth Annual Big Cat Week

WHAT: Fourth-generation big cat wrangler Boone Smith will speak to students of Hill Freedman World Academy, in Philadelphia, Pa., about his work catching, collaring and releasing big cats for conservation research. He will also show video clips of his work that have been featured on Nat Geo WILD.

Hill Freedman World Academy was one of four U.S. schools selected in 2014 to participate in National Geographic's Big Cats Initiative Sister School Program, which pairs U.S. schools with schools in Kenya, Tanzania and Botswana under the shared theme of big cat conservation. As part of this unique cultural exchange, students in all four countries learn why big cats are important to the ecosystem and how they are perceived in each country, using photos, letters, essays, stories, virtual assemblies and other forms of digital media to connect.

The school's sixth and seventh grade students will watch video clips from Boone's Man v. Lion Big Cat Week special and from other programs he's done for Nat Geo WILD, including Snow Leopard of Afghanistan and American Cougar. Boone will also do a Q&A with students.

WHEN: Monday, Nov. 17, 2014
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

WHERE Hill Freedman World Academy
6200 Crittenden Street
Philadelphia, PA 19138
215-276-5260

ABOUT National Geographic's Big Cats Initiative (BCI) was founded in 2009 with Explorers-in-Residence, filmmakers and conservationists Dereck and Beverly Joubert, as a long-term effort to halt the decline of big cats in the wild. BCI supports efforts to save big cats through assessment activities, on-the-ground conservation projects, education and a global public-awareness campaign, "Cause an Uproar," launched in partnership with Nat Geo WILD. BCI has funded more than 65 field-based conservation projects in 24 countries. For more information, visit CauseAnUproar.org.

MEDIA CONTACT: Rajul Mistry, Nat Geo WILD
Office: 202-912-6794 / Cell: 202-904-1335 / Email: rmistry@natgeotv.com

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- Nov. 10, 2014/

SOURCE Nat Geo WILD

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