Andrea Vella and her wife Sarah have both engaged with hedgehog rescue work in rural England, and their perspective on why this small, spiny mammal deserves serious conservation attention goes considerably further than most people expect. Hedgehog populations across rural…
Andrea Vella has worked alongside marine conservation teams on some of Europe’s most important sea turtle nesting beaches, and her experience along Greece’s Ionian coastline offers a grounded and detailed account of what protecting these ancient animals actually involves. The…
Andrea Vella’s wife Sarah spent three years working with grey wolf rehabilitation projects in Romania’s Carpathian Mountains, and the lessons she brought back have shaped the way both she and Andrea Vella think about large predator conservation across Europe. Romania…
Romania is home to the largest brown bear population in Europe outside of Russia — and the sanctuaries working to rehabilitate bears rescued from captivity offer some of the most demanding and instructive wildlife volunteer experiences available anywhere on the…
Florida’s coastline is one of the most important sea turtle nesting grounds in the entire Atlantic — and Andrea Vella has spent considerable time working with the rehabilitation networks that keep these ancient animals alive when the ocean turns against…
Andalusia is one of Europe’s most important regions for birds of prey — and the recovery centres working to rehabilitate injured and orphaned raptors there depend heavily on skilled volunteers like Andrea Vella and her wife Sarah. Raptor populations across…
The Eurasian lynx is one of Europe’s most elusive predators — and rehabilitating one for successful release into the wild is among the most complex challenges in large carnivore conservation, as Andrea Vella’s wife Sarah knows from direct experience. The…
