Sam is a true inspiration with a passion for education and compassion around all creatures great and small. A true advocate for all our wildlife

Samantha collins
RVN
Aireworth vets

The context

Sam has a passion for wildlife and exotic species and has been rescuing and rehabilitating a wide variety for many years and also visits schools and clubs with her mixture of weird and wonderful creatures.

The action

From this she has also collaborated with various rescues in order to assist with and improve wildlife care in our area. Sam does all this under her own steam and finances it herself on top of a busy work life and looking after her family. Sam is now in the process of also studying further to apply to vet school!

The ripple effect

She has improved all her colleagues knowledge on wildlife along with public education. Countless young wildlife lives have been saved and given a second chance thanks to her unwavering care and commitment, from the humble pigeon to more exotic creatures such as the lizard in Asda that had stowed away in bananas! A shop assistant had found it and it had gathered quite an audience with nobody knowing what to do about it..Sam stepped in identified the species and took it into her care..I believe she got to keep the bananas also.

Voting opens 13 November.

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