George Dante - Wildlife Artist

Specimens

Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens.

In episode 011, Elle chats with George about starting his career in his parent’s basement, to becoming an internationally recognised wildlife artist with clients like the American Natural History Museum, National Geographic and Oxford University, working with Lonesome George, and the incredible highs and the lows of the job.

George Dante

www.wildlifepreservations.com

www.instagram.com/georgedante

Edward Wilson Theory of Biophilia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biophilia_hypothesis

Lonesome George

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonesome_George

George Dante’s work with Lonesome George

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKbO2B7po0

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lonesome-george-the-last-of-his-kind-strikes-his-final-pose/

https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/lonesome-george/lonesome-george-at-the-museum

‘Stuffed’ Documentary on Amazon Prime

https://www.amazon.com/Stuffed-Allis-Markham/dp/B083R1Z27H

Bryan Christy and Tracking Ivory

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tracking-ivory/article.html

https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2017/05/09/how-saving-elephants-got-one-national-geographic-explorer-arrested/

­Elle Kaye Socials

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www.ellekayetaxidermy.co.uk

Specimens Pod

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Merch

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Artwork © 2020 Madison Erin Mayfield

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Music

Giraffes – Harrison Amer via PremiumBeat.com

Edited and Produced by Elle Kaye

Concept/Title © 2020 Elle Kaye