Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Nations Trust Bank supports the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society to host “Chat with Saba”

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Nations Trust Bank is supporting the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society to host an exciting event titled “Chat with Saba”.

The event will feature a lively discussion on elephants and elephant conservati­on with Saba DouglasHam­ilton, the world-famous conservati­onist, wildlife presenter and award-winning wildlife filmmaker. Scheduled to be held on the 11th of November 2019, “Chat with Saba” will provide an opportunit­y for wildlife conservati­onists, activists, enthusiast­s and concerned citizens to learn from Saba’s experience­s and work, while also posing their own questions to this amazing conservati­onist-hero. “Chat with Saba” will take place at the Barnes Room, Jetwing Colombo 7 and will be followed by fellowship.

Saba Douglas-Hamilton is a Kenyan wildlife conservati­onist and television presenter, who have worked for numerous conservati­on charities and appeared in wildlife documentar­ies produced by the BBC, such as Big Cat Diaries and Wild Series, and programmes for other broadcaste­rs as well.

Born and raised in Kenya by her zoologist father and author mother, she totally immersed in African culture and wildlife. She is currently the manager of “Elephant Watch Camp” in Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve and Special Projects Director for the charity “Save the Elephants”.

Her work in Africa as a wildlife filmmaker has led her to some of the most remote parts of the world where she has studied rare and endangered species in their natural habitats and experience­d the frontline of conservati­on first hand. Much of her work has focused on elephants and elephant conservati­on as her expertises lie in this area.

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