Kerri McCrea studied zoology at Queen's before moving to Thailand in 2013.
Since then, she and her Thai-Karen husband Sombat have set up their own elephant project called Kindred Spirit Elephant Sanctuary which works with local communities to bring elephants home to the forest and away from a life of work in the tourism industry.
In today’s episode we talk about:
- Kerri’s love for animals from a young age
- The career path of a Zoologist
- Why she moved to Thailand to set up an elephant sanctuary
- What it like living in a hill-tribe village
- The impact COVID has had on the ‘elephant industry’
- And the greatest challenges/successes she’s faced along the way
Check it out!
