Lynn Santer

"Lynn Santer has visited Africa on numerous occasions, tracked wild predators on foot, and worked hands-on with injured cheetah. She has designed the "Big Cats of Africa" tour from her personal knowledge of these locations, and her long-term close relationships with both Conservation Corporation Africa, and The AfriCat Foundation.

She has been awarded for her work for animal welfare since she was 11 years old. In more recent times she's been honoured by WSPA (World Society for Protection of Animals) when she was one of only three fundraisers in the UK invited to inspect the LiBearty sanctuary for big brown bears in outback Turkey (1998).

The AfriCat Project UK made her their first and only honorary Life Member (1999). The RSPCA regularly invite her to be a judge in their Million Paws Walk. And in 2003, Lynn was asked by a giant in wildlife charities, WWF (formerly The World Wide Fund For Nature) to help them put together their prestigious 25 years in Australia celebrations at Dreamworld's Tiger Island.

Her latest novel "Land of the Free" clearly illustrates her passion and intimate knowledge of this land, the wildlife who share it, and the people who are trying to preserve it. To order your copy, click here."

Alby Mangels

Alby Mangels, adventurer, environmentalist, documentary maker and active animal conservationist, has devoted the past decade to his life to help preserve endangered species in the wild. 

He is an active supporter and participant in the quest to create awareness concerning the plight of the gorilla, of which there are estimated to be only 300 remaining in the wild! He is also working to highlight the plight of the highly endangered tiger. Many sub species of tiger have already become extinct, and the spectacular white tiger now only exists in captivity. Of an estimated 11,000 tigers in the world today, 7,000 of these live in captivity, and the habitat of those remaining in the wild is under constant threat from both poachers and encroaching humanity.

In the USA it is still legal to own tigers as pets with, it seems, little regard for the wellbeing of either the tiger or the owner.

Alby shares in common with Tippi Hedren a passion to see laws enforced to abolish irresponsible private ownership of these magnificent creatures. (Today Tippi cares for over 60 big cats that have been cast off from such circumstances at her own big cat preserve, “Shambala”).

Scott Hunter

"Scott Hunter is one of Tiger Island's dedicated tiger handlers. He has dedicated his working life to caring for and training a diverse array of large predators.

Since his first job as a marine aquarist in 1988, Scott's career has allowed him to travel the world, working alongside with researchers, animal specialists and conservationists in the field. Over the past 16 year, he has shared space with some of the most amazing creatures including sharks, dolphins, seals and sealions, crocodiles ... and now tigers.

He has been fortunate enough to have seen and experienced the most amazing things, shared only by the privileged few and has grown fascinated with the interaction of living things and particularly the effects of human impact. The growing public interest in this field, particularly with the media has enabled Scott to encourage support of the many people and organisations working to create change as global extinction continues.

As an animal trainer at Dreamworld's Tiger Island, he is one of only seven tiger handlers interacting with , and caring for the rare Bengal tigers. These animals are threatened with extinction without the help and research conducted by zoos and organisations such as Tiger Island .

Tiger Island which is neither a static display or a circus, provides an excellent opportunity for the handlers to educate the public on what can be achieved. They focus on the amazing interaction between themselves and the 7 tigers, spending, countless hours with the animals, and have systems in place which ensure the health and safety of animals and staff.

Faced by a 3 billion strong human population in Asia, the future of the tiger looks grim but hope is on the horizon. Scott is looking forward to sharing the work of the many individuals who hold that hope.

With 95% of their original population now vanished, the Bengal tiger is the greatest stronghold for their kind - "future generations would be truly saddened that by the end of this century we had so little foresight, so little compassion, such lack of generosity of spirit for the future that it would eliminate one of the most beautiful and dramatic animals the world has ever seen".

Darren Jew

"Having been inspired to explore a career in nature photography by his father's travels in Antarctica, Darren Jew now pursues a passion for capturing and sharing the wonder of the natural world.

In addition to escorting photographic journeys to many parts of the world, and introducing many people to the world's great wildlife and landscape destinations first hand,  Darren operates his own wildlife and landsacpe based photography business.

His work is published widely in books, magazines and paper products. He has photographed extensively across Australia, Africa, Alaska, Patagonia and Antarctica. "