The team of Welttierschutzgesellschaft e.V.
Our vision is a world in which animals are perceived by humans as well as being treated animal friendly and with respect. The following people support this:
Director

Katharina Kohn
Director Katharina Kohn brings the different projects together and ensuring that resources are used in the best possible way. The fundraising expert had previously been responsible for the funds acquisition of the association. Therefore, it remains very important to her to maintain the high degree of transparency. For Katharina Kohn, animal welfare also means „taking responsibility“, because if everyone contributes only a small part, we can all together improve the world for the animals.
Project Management

Stefanie Timm
Immediately after completing her bachelor’s degree in business communication, Stefanie Timm started as an intern at Welttierschutzgesellschaft in 2013. Afterwards, she was responsible for our press and public relations work. After completing a part-time master’s degree in the area of management of non-profit organizations and moving to the project team, she now heads the WTG projects team, while also managing a number of our animal welfare projects and emergency aids herself.

Theresa Müschner-Siemens
During her studies in veterinary medicine, Theresa Müschner-Siemens developed a passion for large animals such as cattle, pigs and horses. After the veterinarian worked in science for several years and was mainly focused on animal-friendly and animal welfare-oriented cattle and pig husbandry, she is now a project manager at Welttierschutzgesellschaft.

Christine Rattel
After studying biology, Christine Rattel lived and worked abroad for many years, including in South Africa, the Netherlands and England. In her twelve years as a project manager for wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centers in Indonesia and Costa Rica, she gained a lot of practical experience in animal and species protection, which she can bring to the Welttierschutzgesellschaft.

Susanne Repanelis
Susanne Repanelis not only brings with her sound theoretical knowledge of veterinary and wildlife medicine as well as risk and disaster management: she has also gained practical experience in veterinary practices, emergency services and advice centers, as well as through her voluntary work on the Greek island of Lesbos. Susanne Repanelis now wants to use these comprehensive skills in the management of our international animal welfare projects and thus contribute to improving animal welfare worldwide.

Andrej Schulz
In his studies of literature and as an author, Andrej Schulz was and is very interested in drawing attention and perspective to animals. An internship during his studies brought him to the Welttierschutzgesellschaft for the first time in 2017. After working for a nature conservation association and completing his studies, he now is our project administrator.

Tovah Banaski
After graduating from high school, Tovah Banaski not only wanted to broaden her own horizons, but also make a difference in the field of animal welfare: that was herwish for the Federal Voluntary Service at the Welttierschutzgesellschaft. With her strong sense of justice and great interest in international charity work, she supports the organization comprehensively and across all areas.
Monitoring and Evaluation

Natascha Pancic
After many years working as an evaluator in New Zealand, Natascha Pancic has been responsible for our quality management since 2017. With her expertise in the field of monitoring and evaluation, she supports the planning, implementation and evaluation of our projects and helps to make them more sustainable.
Donor service and management

Katharina Felsenstein
„In my next life, I will be an elephant“ says Katharina Felsenstein. She is an absolute elephant fan and became aware of us in autumn 2014 through our Sumatra project. Through her years of experience -for example in publishing, sales and customer service as well as film promotion -, she is particularly ambitious in supporting the areas of donor support and fundraising.

Lucy Hannig
Data and Donor Management
Lucy Hannig developed her deep love for animals side by side with pets as a child. After studying to become a translator and interpreter, she paved her way into animal welfare in 2022 with a federal voluntary service at WTG. After her subsequent work at an environmental protection organization and experience, particularly in administrative activities and controlling, she is now bringing her passions together again with us.

Lili Wunderling
As a child, Lili Wunderling spent a lot of time with animals on her grandparents‘ farm. After graduating from high school, she did volunteer work, including caring for strays in Ecuador. On her travels, she discovered her interest in development cooperation.
In addition to studying „Sustainable Development Studies“ in Göttingen, she now supports Welttierschutzgesellschaft’s donor support with advice and practical help.
Communications and Fundraising

Wiebke Plasse
Whether as a freelance journalist or as a volunteer: Wiebke Plasse’s wish is to contribute to a better world on many levels. Issues that are too often underrepresented in society are particularly close to her heart.
After studying journalism and working as a freelance journalist for several years, during which she increasingly devoted herself to nature and animal welfare issues, she joined Welttierschutzgesellschaft in 2015 in the area of online fundraising and marketing.
Since 2018, she has headed the communications team and is responsible for the areas of communications, fundraising and campaigns.

Christoph May
Millions of migratory birds, which are hunted annually in the Mediterranean region, brought Christoph May on the topic of bird protection – and a little later to animal welfare in general. His major concern is to awaken a broad interest for the needs of animals. He implements this at Welttierschutzgesellschaft in the field of press and public relations and can draw on several years of experience in this area.

Marie Walther
Since her childhood, Marie Walther has considered animals and humans to be equal and the relationship with animals to be something special. As a cook and in publishing, she has primarily dealt with this relationship within consumer behavior and eating habits. This led her to the desire to actively work on encouraging people to behave more consciously towards their fellow beings. After completing her Master’s in Applied Literature, she is now finally using her passion for text and animals for her heart’s topic and is communicating this in fundraising at the Welttierschutzgesellschaft.

Line Sebert
Line Sebert has been passionate about animals since she was a child and was already doing volunteer work at an animal shelter when she was young. As part of a mandatory internship during her studies of „Public and Nonprofit Management“, Line Sebert joined Welttierschutzgesellschaft, where she wanted to gain a deeper insight into the work in the animal welfare sector. After completing her studies, she hopes to devote herself to the professional protection of animals. During her internship, she is actively supporting the areas of communication and campaigns.

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Board

Bettina Praetorius

Wolfgang Kohn
(To avoid misunderstandings: Director and Deputy Chairman are not related.)
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