Lance joined Wildlife Preservation Canada in 2017, bringing with him 18 years of experience managing recovery programs for some of the world’s most endangered species. A few personal highlights of this work include carrying out the first release of echo parakeets in Mauritius, catching kakapo in New Zealand, sleeping overnight in a California condor nest cave, and working with local farmers to protect Ridgway’s hawk nestlings in the Dominican Republic

Lance was Wildlife Preservation Canada’s eighth Canada’s New Noah in 1997, and he then stayed in Mauritius to manage species recovery projects for the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation. That experience helped him carry out the first releases of eastern loggerhead shrikes in Ontario upon returning to Canada in 2001. Lance has recently returned from overseeing conservation projects for a range of highly endangered species in Madagascar – such as ploughshare tortoise, Madagascar pochard, and Alaotra gentle lemur-  for the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, integrating captive-breeding and reintroductions with protected area management and community-based conservation.

Lance has a PhD from York University and an MSc from Acadia University, He lives in Guelph, Ontario with his wife Rina, two boys Jeremy and Glen, and their Malagasy/Newfoundland dog Malala. Lance is immensely grateful to be part of Gerald Durrell’s legacy and to have the opportunity to work with inspiring people and amazing creatures.