Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Penguin Group (NZ), cnr Airborne and Rosedale Roads, Albany,Īuckland 1310, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) Panchsheel Park, New Delhi – 110 017, India Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell,

Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England He founded the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in 1959 as a centre for the conservation of endangered species – of which his wife Lee is still Honorary Director. Over his lifetime he wrote thirty-seven books, went on dozens of animal-collecting trips and presented numerous tv shows. He grew up to be a famous naturalist, animal-collector, and conservationist.ĭurrell dedicated his life to the conservation of wildlife and it is through his efforts that creatures such as the Mauritius pink pigeon and the Mallorcan midwife toad have avoided extinction. He immediately became fascinated by the island’s natural history and spent much of his time studying the local wildlife and keeping numerous, and often unusual, pets. He was awarded the OBE in 1982.Gerald Durrell (1925–95) moved from England to Corfu with his family when he was eight. He founded Jersey Zoo in 1959 as a centre for the conservation of endangered species, and in 1963 created the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust - later renamed Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in his honour - of which his wife, Lee, is still Honorary Director. Over his lifetime he presented many TV shows, and wrote thirty-seven books, including My Family and Other Animals and its two sequels, Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods. It is through his efforts that creatures such as the Mauritius pink pigeon and the Mallorcan midwife toad have avoided extinction. Durrell dedicated his life to the preservation of wildlife, especially the less glamorous kinds, which he called 'little brown jobs' and 'small uglies'. He grew up to be a famous naturalist and conservationist, leading expeditions to exotic places such as Argentina, Sierra Leone, Assam and Madagascar. He spent much of his time studying the island's wildlife and surprising his family by keeping lots of very unusual pets in very unexpected places. Gerald Durrell (1925-1995) moved from England to Corfu with his family when he was eight.

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