Susanne Hart

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Susanne Hart (born May 19, 1927 in Vienna , Austria as Susanne Widrich ; † January 6, 2010 in South Africa ), also known as Sue Hart or Susanne Harthoorn , was a South African veterinarian and environmentalist.

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Sue Hart was born in Vienna as the daughter of Edward and Tekla Widrich. She grew up in London and attended the Heatherton House girls' boarding school in Amersham . After graduating from the Royal Veterinary College in London in 1950, she first worked at Purdue University in West Lafayette , Indiana . In the 1950s she moved to Port Elizabeth , South Africa .

After a failed first marriage to a South African named Dennis Solomon, which resulted in two children, she married the veterinarian Toni Harthoorn , who became known for developing the first effective stunning darts for African big game . In 1964 Hart and her husband moved to Kenya, where they met George Adamson . Adamson became Sue Hart's mentor, from whom she learned all about how to deal with wild animals. The Harthoorns set up a veterinary station for wild animals, which among other things became famous for the spectacular open-air eye operation on George Adamson's lion Ugas. In the 1960s, the Hungarian- born American film producer Ivan Tors became aware of the project and was so impressed with it that he found it as inspiration for the Wameru Study Center For Animal Behavior in the television movie Clarence, the Cross-eyed Lion and in the popular television series Daktari served. In 1969 Sue Hart described this time in her book Adventure with Daktari . In 1967 she acted as a storyteller in five episodes of the BBC children 's series Jackanory .

Sue Hart returned to South Africa in the mid-1970s after divorcing Tony Harthoorn in 1973. In 1985, she founded the non-profit organization Ecolink in Mpumalanga , South Africa, which is committed to environmental protection projects and supports orphans who have lost their parents to the immunodeficiency disease AIDS .

Filmography

  • 1967: Jackanory (narrator, 5 episodes)
  • 2007: Daktari - The Real Daktari (German documentary with interviews and recordings from Sue Hart's past)

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Author name sometimes given as Susanne Harthoorn or Sue Hart.

literature

  • Claudia Ehrenstein: Author of "Daktari" is now fighting against AIDS in South Africa In: Die Welt from May 15, 2001 ( online edition )
  • African Eye News Service: Sue Hart: Pioneer conservationist and humanitarian In: Times Life, January 9, 2010

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personal data
SURNAME Hart, Susanne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hart, Sue; Widrich, Susanne (maiden name); Harthoorn, Susanne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African veterinarian and environmentalist
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 2010
Place of death South Africa