Mozambican game ranger Lucrescencia Macuacua sees her role in protecting the country’s fauna as ‘honourable’ work, has been listed as a finalist in the Rhino Conservation Awards.
“My mother loved animals,” says the 35-year-old, who works in theLast month, Macuacua was listed as a finalist in the best field ranger category of the Rhino Conservation Awards, hosted by the“My work is great, honourable and dignified,” she says. “I go out every day protecting the fauna by carrying out different types of patrols.”
But her father did not approve of Macuacua’s pursuit of formal education. “He once beat me after he learnt that I am attending school, which he did not like,” she says. She remembers watching a report on Mozambique television in 2012 about the importance of protecting elephants and lions, which prompted her to study fauna and ecotourism.
Macuacua adds that her wish is to erect a tombstone for her mother as a memory “for her encouragement for me to prioritise education”.
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