SHE grew up with elephants like most youngsters grow up with cats or dogs.

Saba Douglas-Hamilton, was born in Kenya's the Great Rift Valley in Kenya on June 7 at 7pm on the seventh day of the week, and became the seventh grandchild in the family.

Her name, not surprisingly, translates as "‘seven’" in Kiswahili.

Her first elephant was called Virgo, who was one of approximately 400 that her zoologist father, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, was studying in Lake Manyara National Park, in Tanzania.

Virgo had a single right tusk, and at 18 years old hadn’t yet learnt to be afraid of man.

So, its Small wonder, then, that little Saba went on to become a highly-acclaimed elephant conservationist and wildlife TV presenter of This Wild Life and Big Cat Diaries.

Still living in Kenya with her husband, Frank Pope, and their three young children, she currently runs the family’s luxury tented eco-lodge, Elephant Watch Camp.

Saba Ms Douglas-Hamilton became a household name thanks to the BBC's ten-part series called This Wild Life. It told the story of her family's life their lives in Samburu and their work with elephants and other wildlife.

She is currently on a UK-wide tour, which includes The Brewhouse in Taunton, where she will speak about her life and work in Kenya.

Saba’s first job was with the Save the Rhino Trust in Namibia, working in the hinterland of the Skeleton Coast on a crafts-for-conservation project.

She was then head-hunted by the School for International Training to work as an academic director in Tanzania, and later did a stint as an anthropological consultant for the National Museums of Kenya.

In 1997 she joined her father’s charity Save the Elephants (STE) as chief operations officer to help build up their research centre in Samburu National Reserve, north Kenya.

It was here that she was talent-spotted by the BBC and began her life as a presenter and producer of wildlife documentaries.

Join Saba for an evening of exciting animal stories and intimate behind-the-scenes tales of life in Kenya with her young family.

Thursday, April 21, at 7.30pm.