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Saba was born in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya on the 7th June at 7pm on the seventh day of the week, and became the 7th grandchild in the family.
Saba Iassa Douglas-Hamilton is a Kenyan wildlife conservationist and television presenter.!
Saba Douglas-Hamilton
Saba, whose name means seven and was given to her by local African tribesmen, was born in Kenya at 7pm on 7 June 1970, the seventh grandchild of the family.
Her father is respected zoologist Iain Douglas-Hamilton, co-author of Among the Elephants and Battle for the Elephants with her mother, Oria (author of The Elephant Family Book).
Growing up surrounded by elephants, Saba spent her early years running wild in the African bush.
With her sister, Dudu, she would track elephants, climb waterfalls, catch snakes and scale the rooftops of the local farm buildings in the company of their adventurous wildlife expert father.
Saba went to school in the UK at the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales, and went on to take a degree in Anthropolog