Animal welfare advocate finds purpose in the Pacific
When Jacci Hilton was growing up on Auckland’s North Shore, all she dreamed about was helping animals.
A naturally curious, caring and empathetic girl, she had lots of pets, a menagerie of sorts! As a teenager she worked in a pet store, and would regularly bring home animals to rehabilitate or rehome, sneaking them on the bus in a bag or in her pockets, to be met at home by her Mum exclaiming, “Oh, what did you bring home now!”