She was born in Silesia on 20 January 1910 as Friederike Victoria Gessner. Father Viktor, architect. Mother Traute.
She died in Kenya on 3 January 1980. And in between, she changed the way the world thinks about wild animals. She laid and built the foundations of wildlife conservation.
She came into the world at a time when colonial hunting was at its peak. The strongest, the most beautiful, the rarest were shot. For fun. For a trophy. For a head on a wall.
Joy went the other way. Nobody raised her to do it. She carved that path herself.
She was born in Silesia on 20 January 1910 as Friederike Victoria Gessner. Father Viktor, architect. Mother Traute.
She died in Kenya on 3 January 1980. And in between, she changed the way the world thinks about wild animals. She laid and built the foundations of wildlife conservation.
She came into the world at a time when colonial hunting was at its peak. The strongest, the most beautiful, the rarest were shot. For fun. For a trophy. For a head on a wall.
Joy went the other way. Nobody raised her to do it. She carved that path herself.
