One of the men who inspires me is a man named Kevin Richardson, also coined by media as “The Lion Whisperer”. Kevin owns a private wildlife park just north of Johannesburg in South Africa, here he cares for and incredibly interacts with lions, hyenas, and leopards among other animals. The goal of the “Kevin Richardson Wildlife Sanctuary” is conservation through education. Kevin runs a YouTube channel and other social media pages which highlight his unique relationship with the animals and aims to show the world they are more than mindless killers. With drastic and fast decline in numbers of wild animals (such as the ones he cares for), conservation efforts are more important than ever. While work like Kevins is rarely easy, he’s stuck with his views and career through thick and thin and has done so much in the way of creating awareness with his social media pages and through public speaking. Kevin is someone I find very inspirational because he is very dedicated to the amazing work he does. I’ve been following his YouTube channel since I was around 11/12, since then I’ve grown up with not only a love of animals but a deep respect for them and for people like Kevin. I’d even venture to say that seeing this kind of work being done had an influence on my decision to go study environmental sciences.

Among all of these things I’ve used to describe Kevin some other attributes commonly shared by other people who inspire me include: Down to earth, self assuredness, dedicated, and intelligent.