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Aremarkablebook. Reading about the birds of Pandemonium will make you laugh and cry it will make you see more clearly the need to take care of our planet and it will confirm that one person with a passion can make a difference. Jeff Corwin, nature conservationist and host of Animal Planet Each morning at first light, Michele Raffin steps outside into the bewitching bird music that heralds another day at Pandemonium Aviaries. A full symphony that swells from the most vocal of more than 350 avian throats representing more than 40 species. It knocks me out, every day, she says. Pandemonium, the home and bird sanctuary that Raffin shares with some of the worlds most remarkable birds, is a conservation organization dedicated to saving and breeding birds at the edge of extinction, with the goal of eventually releasing them into the wild.
About the Author
Michele Raffin is the author of The Birds of Pandemonium: Life Among the Exotic and the Endangered (Algonquin Books - October 7th, 2014) , Love that Lasts and The Good Nanny Book. Michele Raffin was a high tech executive, venture capital consultant and writer before deciding to devote her time to saving animals. Her publications include articles in the Aviculture Society of American Bulletin, Australian Aviculture, American Dove Association Dove Line and other avian related journals.
Ms. Raffin has been a lifelong animal lover. She was the Co-chair, Board of Directors of a large humane society for ?ve years and served on the board of a companion bird rescue organization. Her passion for conservation and protection of the natural world is focused on saving bird species from extinction.
Ms. Raffin graduated from Tufts University (BA, Political Science) and Stanford University School of Business (Masters in Managment Science) . She studied incubation with Susan Kaiseke (California Condor Project) and is a certi?ed Aviculturist through the American Federation of Aviculture. Ms. Raffin won a gold medal at the Pan American Olympic Weight Lifting Masters Games.
