Kate Vannelli
Leader of the ‘Living with Big Cats’ Initiative at World Wildlife Fund, focusing specifically on human - big cat conflict and enabling coexistence between people and lions, jaguars and snow leopards. Kate is based in Arusha, Tanzania.
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Age: 32
Kate is an accomplished artist and sells her sustainable prints and t-shirts on the World Wildlife Fund’s webstore to support vital conservation work.
For the Spring 2023 issue, Kate recommended How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures, Sabrina Imbler, Little Brown and Company, 2022, 273 pages.
For the Winter 2022-2023 issue, Kate recommended The Snow Leopard, Peter Matthiessen, Penguin Classics, 2008 (originally published 1978), 368 pages.
For the Autumn 2022 issue, Kate recommended Cry of the Kalahari, Mark and Delia Owens, Mariner Books, 1984, 316 pages.