Jason Wood (La Trobe, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I would like to congratulate a local resident of La Trobe, Ms Donalea Patman, for the Order of Australia Medal she received on the Queen's Birthday for her service to animal welfare and, in particular, the work she has done to support African lions. Her service includes being the founder and director of For the Love of Wildlife since 2013. She is so passionate about African lions that she sold her house to work full time so that she could self-fund. I worked closely with Donalea in respect of the banning of the importation of African lion hunt trophies into Australia. This took a personal toll on Donalea with regard to the stress of making this happen.    She is the Australian and New Zealand partner for Blood Lions, a multi-award-winning documentary on the abhorrent practice of canned hunting. She was a guest speaker at the animal activist forum held by Animals Australia in 2015. Donalea has organised and been a guest speaker at the Global March for Lions in Melbourne in 2014, 2015 and 2016. She also received the Animal Action Award from the International Fund for Animal Welfare in 2015. La Trobe is incredibly proud to have Donalea in our electorate. She is a great friend and a great servant to animals all around the world.