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Our new columnist Lauren Macneil
I graduated in zoology from the University of Exeter. Then I was given the name Bruce Woods. He was running a wildlife sanctuary in Zambia’s capital – entirely on his own – and needed an extra pair of hands.
Our plan is to build Zambia’s first wildlife hospital on an existing wildlife park, taking over the control of four young lions and the remaining animal enclosures there.
We’ll then build satellite hospitals in surrounding countries and parts of Zambia, to fill the void in wildlife rehabilitation here in southern Africa.
Our aim is to also work in combating wildlife trafficking into the pet trade.
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All hands on deck treating a python
I am Lauren Macneil, a British 22-year-old living in Zambia and working for a wildlife rescue sanctuary.
This column will keep you up to date on my adventures.
Why Africa? Aged nine I decided I was going to live in Africa and proceeded to inform everyone I met. At 18 I took a voluntary position at Kasanka National Park for six months – one of the best experiences of my life.
Our new columnist Lauren Macneil
I graduated in zoology from the University of Exeter. Then I was given the name Bruce Woods. He was running a wildlife sanctuary in Zambia’s capital – entirely on his own – and needed an extra pair of hands.
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Lauren Mcneil is living her childhood dream in Zambia
A 22-year-old Winslow woman is following her childhood dream to help build a wildlife hospital in Africa.
Lauren Macneil left Winslow in March, to fly to Zambia to work for ANGWA Conservation, a non-profit organisation that runs an African wildlife rescue centre near Lusaka. It is in the process of building the country’s first wildlife hospital and rehabilitation centre, which it hopes will become a flagship for wildlife care in Southern Africa.
Lauren, who attended the Royal Latin School, said: I suppose I’ve always been a weird child in the sense I was determined to live in Africa since the age of nine. I don’t know why, I only ever saw it on the TV, but for some reason it felt like that was going to be my home, and my old classmates will attest to my unnatural obsession with David Attenborough!