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I'm your host, Elise Hugh.

We hear a lot about what's wrong with the internet, the misinformation, the addiction, the outrage cycles.

But today we're sharing something that's really right with it.

Our animals would be able to

reach millions and millions of people without having to meet a single one of them in person.

That's content creator and conservationist Maya Higa, who built an animal sanctuary that no one can

visit, but everyone can be a part of. She's a licensed falconer, one of the most popular

streamers on Twitch, and the founder of Alvius Sanctuary in Austin, Texas, a wildlife rescue

powered entirely by people online from all over the world. In her talk, she shares how she

turns social media into a conservation tool and why a model where the animals

never meet their fans might actually be the best thing for them. My mission is to use the

internet to build our next generation of conservationists. And I think it's working. That's coming up

right after a short break. And now our TED Talk of the Day. So my mission is to use the internet to build our

next generation of conservationists. And I have not been doing this for all that long. Okay,

I was born in 1998, so I will get that out of the way right off the bat. But I'll tell you guys how I got started.

So I grew up on a farm, and I always loved animals.

So we had rabbits and horses and chickens, and you name it, we had it, and I loved it.

So then when I was 18 and in college, naturally, I got a job as a zookeeper.

So I put on the safari outfit, and I would bring

animals like kangaroos and lemurs to schools and birthday parties to teach kids about wildlife.

It was a pretty cool job. It was really awesome. So then one night after work, I met some

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