After spending most of her younger years in Gauteng, and some of her working years in office management, Jackie decided to settle with husband and dogs in Riebeek Kasteel in 1999. It is where she found her true passion: working with animals, being out in nature. Jackie has been looking after Elandsberg’s tortoise population since 2015 – initially as a volunteer, today as a manager for the Geometric Tortoise Headstart Project, and as a personal trainer for Trax, our very own Geometric Tortoise Detection dog.