For me being a conservationist is not so much a job as a way of life and most of my friends and colleagues would agree. We feel a responsibility to meet our goals to support a community, provide species with a voice, stop the illegal trade of wildlife, amongst others. On top of that we want to feel we have contributed professionally and to gain a sense of personal achievement from the work we carry out. As conservationists we need to collect data to answer our questions, this