D.J. Schubert
Senior Scientist, Wildlife Biology, Marine Wildlife Program
Senior Scientist, Wildlife Biology, Terrestrial Wildlife Program
D.J. works with AWI’s Marine Wildlife and Terrestrial Wildlife teams to conduct research, analyze documents, and prepare substantive comments, briefings, reports, press releases, and other materials to advance our collective efforts to strengthen protections for, improve the management of, and reduce the suffering of wild animals both domestically and internationally.
Before joining AWI in 2005, D.J. served as a US Peace Corps volunteer in Burkina Faso, a biologist for the US Fish and Wildlife Service, an investigator for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a researcher/investigator for the Fund for Animals, a scientist/paralegal for Meyer & Glitzenstein, and a ranch manager/scientist for the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch.
D.J. and his wife are the human companions to several rescued cats and a rescued dog. In his free time, D.J. is engaged in various home maintenance/renovation projects and volunteers with local cat protection organizations to trap feral cats throughout southern New Jersey to create trap-neuter-return cat colonies, thereby preventing future births and reducing suffering.