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Saba Douglas-Hamilton
Saba Douglas-Hamilton was introduced to her first elephant when she was six weeks old, and thinks of elephants as part of the extended family. She considers her work as a natural history presenter with the BBC a blessing, combined as it is with her role in conservation.
Rich Experience of African Wildlife
Saba’s rich experience of African wildlife, combined with her degree in Anthropology, make her one of the BBC’s most popular documentary presenters. Credits for Wild include: The Miracle Lioness, Namibia’s Desert Giants, Escape the Elephant, Running with Reindeer, Search for Tigers and Search for Polar Bears. Co-presenter of the BBC's ever-popular Big Cat Diary, Saba has also produced and presented her own documentary, Rhino Nights for Animal Planet.
Saba - which means “seven” in Kiswahili - was named by African tribesmen, born in Kenya at 7.00pm on 7 June 1970 as the seventh grandchild. Her father, respected zoologist Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton is founder of charity Save the Elephants and co-author of Among the Elephants and Battle for the Elephants with her mother, Oria, who runs Elephant Watch Safaris.
A Passion for Animals
Growing up surrounded by animals, Saba spent her early years running wild in the African bush. She and her sister, Dudu, would track elephants, climb waterfalls, catch snakes and scale the rooftops of buildings to “learn the art of balance” in the company of their adventurous wildlife expert father.
Saba went to the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales and took an MA degree in Social Anthropology at St Andrews University, Scotland. She wrote her thesis on 'Love and Sexuality amongst the Bajuni of Kiwaiyu Island, Kenya' and gained a first class degree. She lives in Kenya and is passionately dedicated to the wilderness of Africa, its people and wildlife. Saba is an ardent conservationist and trustee of her father’s charity Save The Elephants.
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