Elena says that nature has always inspired her since childhood. This passion led her to the biological faculty of a university in central Russia, where she received a specialization in vertebrate zoology, wildlife management and conservation biology. After graduating from the university, the same passion forced her to go to mountains of Central Asia. Elena have lived and worked in Central Asia for over 25 years and contributed her passion to study and protection of the magnificent nature of this region. Elena continued to work in the field of biodiversity study and conservation in Canada. At the same time, here she had the opportunity to purchase a good camera for wildlife photography and this became her new absorbing hobby. Elena well recognizes the danger for the future of human civilization on the Earth if we lose even a part of the splendid diversity of wildlife that we are surrounded by now. But she is absolutely sure that we can save this marvelous biodiversity if together with knowledge of natural laws, we learn to appreciate its beauty and recognize the legitimate rights to coexist in our wonderful world.