Wild at heart
Gone fishing. That’s what Ben Carter did. He went fishing and has never looked back. He is now in charge of wildlife management for estates in Somerset and Aberdeenshire. The journey to what he describes as “the dream job” has involved much hard work and personal sacrifice.
His distinct career path began when he graduated from Aberystwyth University with a degree in zoology. His time in Mid Wales was, along with studying, spent pursuing his love of the outdoors. Ben fished for sewin (sea-trout) and bass, he climbed at Llangorse and he even managed to ferret one day a week with his trusted terrier – not a common pastime of your regular undergraduate.
When the time came for him to leave Aberystwyth it was obvious that Ben
