Lyndal Davies (born 1967 in

Brisbane Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ...

, Australia) is a journalist. From 1991, she has been making

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and

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wildlife Wildlife refers to domestication, undomesticated animals and uncultivated plant species which can exist in their natural habitat, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wilderness, wild in an area without being species, introdu ...

inspired by

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and

Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente Félix Samuel Rodríguez de la Fuente (March 14, 1928 – March 14, 1980) was a Spanish naturalist and broadcaster. He is best known for the highly successful and influential TV series, '' El Hombre y la Tierra'' (1974–1980). A graduate in m ...

. Davies is a wildlife presenter for

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. She hosts Animal Planet's ''Lyndal’s Lifeline'' where she travels to remote, countries to help wildlife sanctuaries that are in trouble and to bring an awareness about the animals that are rare in species. Davies's love of nature began in Queensland, Australia, where she grew up. She spent her childhood rescuing animals and then went to journalism school in Queensland at Queensland University of Technology and spent the next ten years making wildlife documentaries. Most of the time her crew was only one cameraman and Davies would host, produce, and edit the documentaries herself. The money from each project went into the next project. Nowadays she is also an Australian

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and television presenter. She takes part in the series of documentaries called ''Lyndal's Lifeline''. Lately, she was the presenter of '' Unearthed'' Series 1 and 2, where contestants compete and learn about film-making, as well as presenter and producer of ''Shamwari: A Wild Life''.Shamwari: A Wild Life
/ref> Her work aims to popularize knowledge of wildlife. She is a graduate of

Queensland University of Technology The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public university, public research university located in the city of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. It has two major campuses, a modern city campus in Gardens Point, Brisbane, Gardens Point ...

and lives in South Africa, on the

Shamwari Game Reserve Shamwari Game Reserve is located 75 km outside Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa. An essential focus is the management, development and rehabilitation of an ecosystem that has been returned to a more natural condition after many years ...

References

External links

*
Profile
from Unearthed at the

website. {{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Lyndal 1967 births Living people People from Brisbane Australian zoologists Queensland University of Technology alumni