Throughout my life, the more I have learned about the issues faced by wildlife species, the more determined I have become to work in conservation. I have a passion for Vultures and I hope to continue with this work until I can no longer see the Vulture tracks on my laptop screen!
Cathy has wanted to work with wild animals since her first visit to the Kruger National Park at the age of nine. While her career took her in different directions, her love of wildlife never wavered.
After working in a variety of industries, she decided to follow her dream of working in the bush and completed a field guide training course with what is now andBeyond, and became an andBeyond guide. But her ultimate goal was to work in conservation, so she studied Nature Conservation through UNISA and did volunteer work as a Honorary Officer with Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife.
In 2010, her dream of working in conservation came true when she took a post with Wildlife ACT as a Priority Species Monitor on Hluhluwe. Cathy now does remote Vulture monitoring for Wildlife ACT.