TV INTERVIEW WITH DR LUCY ABOUT THE 2nd EDITION OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS ANIMAL ENCYCLOPEDIA.

This beautiful new book was just released at the end of September 2021.

CONSERVATION STORIES

by Emma Hine for Poets & Writers

July 16, 2021

“This spring, writer Susan Tacent co-taught a virtual workshop called The Art and Science of Migration to twelve writers interested in animal migratory patterns. By the last of the workshop’s five weekly sessions, Tacent says, students saw migration everywhere. They began thinking of poetry “as a migratory journey that isn’t complete until the reader reads the poem.” They talked about how, when writing prose, “you don’t know where you’re going, but you’re committing to getting there.”

The workshop was offered through Creature Conserve, a nonprofit founded in 2015 by Dr. Lucy Spelman, a zoological medicine specialist. The growing organization is dedicated to bringing together artists, creative writers, and scientists “to foster informed and sustained support for animal conservation.” Specifically, Creature Conserve seeks to address a failure of communication around conservation, encouraging discussion and collaboration between the people who study animals and the people who depict them in writing and art.”

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RENOWNED CONSERVATIONIST CREATED NONPROFIT TO INSPIRE ARTISTS AND SCIENTISTS TO WORK TOGETHER

by Todd McLeish on March 28, 2020

She has worked as a wildlife veterinarian, directed the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., testified before Congress, appeared in a 13-part TV series, and led an effort to care for wild mountain gorillas in Africa. But Lucy Spelman, who also has cared for pandas, elephants, and giant river otters, isn’t satisfied that she has done enough to get people to care about protecting wildlife.

So the Barrington, R.I., resident founded the nonprofit Creature Conserve, to encourage artists and scientists to work together to inspire conservation action.

A part-time lecturer at the Rhode Island School of Design and a full-time exotic animal veterinarian at Ocean State Veterinary Specialists, she is helping local and international artists learn from scientists — at workshops and in the field — about the issues facing wildlife and what can be done to help.

DR. LUCY SPELMAN IN THE ARTFUL MIND ARTZINE

by Harryet P. Candee June 1, 2017

Learn more about Creature Conserve founder Dr. Lucy Spelman in this telling interview.

Spelman reveals the motivations and inspirations behind her work at Creature Conserve, and the challenges that come with combatting global issues such as conservation. Discover ways this non-profit helps and is helped, and stay informed about how you could be doing more to promote conservation.

Click below for online story, starting at pg 12