Jessica Elizabeth Craig, known as Jecca Craig, is a British environmental conservationist and doctoral student at

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. She helped found Panthera, the world's largest

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conservation organization and Stop Ivory, an independent NGO aiming to protect elephant and stop the trade in ivory. She is currently completing a

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on the use of remote camera traps and other technology to monitor and manage protected areas.

Early life

Her family formerly ran a cattle ranch at

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; her father Ian Craig founded the ''Ngare Sergoi Rhino Sanctuary'' on the family's land, and went on to found the

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, which incorporated the original sanctuary. Jessica is a former girlfriend of the

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. In October 2008, she became engaged to Hugh Crossley, a director at the investment company Equitix, but they separated in October 2009. In April 2015, she became engaged to Canadian professor Jonathan Baillie, director of conservation at the

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. Craig married Jonathan Baillie on Saturday, 26 March 2016 at her family estate at Lewa with the

, then Duke of Cambridge, as one of the guests.

References

External links

Panthera
(official website)
Stop Ivory
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