23 June, 2017
At the end of a long day, veterinarian Odette Doest makes supper, accompanied by Bob, a flamingo, and Willy, a chestnut-fronted macaw she rescued as a chick, in Julianadorp on the Caribbean island of Curaçao.
Bob, a rescued Caribbean flamingo, lives among humans on the Dutch island of Curaçao. Bob was badly injured when he flew into a hotel window, and was cared for by Odette Doest who runs Fundashon Dier en Onderwijs Cariben (FDOC), a wildlife rehabilitation center. During Bob’s rehabilitation, Odette discovered that he had been habituated to humans, and so would not survive if returned to the wild. Instead, he became an ‘ambassador’ for FDOC, which educates local people about the importance of protecting the island’s wildlife.
Jasper Doest
Jasper Doest is a Dutch photographer who creates visual stories that explore the relationship between humankind and nature. As an ecology major Doest knows human life de...