This is the first episode of our second season on the podcast, and we are joined by two familiar faces and two new guests! You'll recognise Kruger Park wild dog expert Grant Beverley and ecologist and human-wildlife conflict innovator, Michael Grover. And new to the "campfire" are Tristan Dicks of WildEarth fame, and Ben Muller, who is a wildlife veterinarian who works side by side with Joel Alves (season 1, episode 5) and has recently spent lockdown in Iraq! Tristan "the leopard whisperer" Dicks spends so much time on camera that it's caught him out a few times (Youtube "Tristan falls out of the car at 02:15 - you will not be disappointed). He is also a private guide at Wandering Thru, alongside his girlfriend Ale Olivieri and Tayla McCurdy who were in the hot seat on episode 2. Ben gets up close and personal with Africa's wildest species,  flies in planes with sleeping lions, and does bush surgery on the continent's endangered species. He's just spent the better part of a year in the Middle Eastern desert, far away from his dog Roxy in and his better half, Leah. 

It was an honour to sit in the company of these four guys early in the morning in the middle of the Klaserie. We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did!

Find our guests on social media:

@tristan_dicks_sa

@ben10_muller

@activ8africa

@knpwilddogs

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