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Rhino whisperer is Addo’s new conservation manager

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• 25 Oct 2019

A FORMER conservation student at Addo Elephant National Park has returned to the Eastern Cape park as its conservation manager.

Cathy Dreyer started her career in Addo outside Port Elizabeth nearly 20 years ago and over the years has affectionately become known as the “Rhino Whisperer”.

Dreyer studied nature conservation and completed her degree at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, after which she did her experiential training at Addo.

“Here she worked closely with South African National Parks (SANParks) Veterinary Wildlife Service Unit in Kimberley. After completing her experiential training year she joined the game capture team on a permanent basis and worked with them for 12 years, capturing and relocating a wide variety of species throughout Southern Africa and Africa,” SANParks said.

In 2012 she left SANParks and took up the position of conservation manager at the Great Fish River Nature Reserve, managed by the Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency.

Addo is the third largest national park in the country and is comprised of a 182 000ha terrestrial component and 116 000ha Marine Protected Area.
Dreyer said the highlight of her career was being awarded the Tusk Award for Conservation in Africa in London in 2016. She was the first South African recipient of the award and the first female to have won it.

“I am looking forward to supporting the park’s terrestrial and marine conservation efforts and feel incredibly privileged to be a part of such a passionate, dedicated and committed team of rangers,” she said.

Cape Times


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