It was over 30 years ago, but I remember well. It was grade one. My school had a great horned owl come to visit class through a local nature center. I remember looking into his big yellow eyes, watching his head turn side to side and being amazed how sharp his talons were.
It was then that I became obsessed with owls… soon thereafter it was an obsession with all birds of prey.. and ALL animals.
At a young age I had high hopes of becoming a veterinarian, until my goldfish died at the age of 6 and I decided it would be too difficult of a profession. But that didn’t stop me from following other life dreams. I have had many feathers in my cap throughout the years, from commercials to musical theatre to the stages of burlesque or playing in premier soccer league
But I always seemed to come back to my first passion of animals.
I worked in high end dog fashion boutiques for over 10 years, and that inspired me to design my own dog clothing brand (Perverted Puppies, a tongue in cheek, puppy pun clothing line that was featured on The Real Housewives of Vancouver).
In 2017 I decided to take a weeklong falconry program at Pacific Northwest Raptors. I took this program to “hang out” with birds of prey.
I discovered you could have a career working with trained raptors.
The staff at Raptors were all noted biologists so I decided to upgrade my biology degree and pursue a career with Raptors.
Success! For three years I exceeded my own expectations of credentials I could accomplish working with the amazing team there.
I currently work in the film, television and commercial industry as an animal wrangler.
Here are a few of the productions I have worked on….
