Zoo owner Rebecca Willers, 37An animal conservation worker has been left with a deadly illness after she was bitten by an insect while trekking in the jungle to save the tiger. Zoo owner Rebecca Willers, 37, has been diagnosed with a rare and incurable condition that she says leaves her body feeling 'like it is turning into stone'. Known as Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis, the disease makes her body think its immune system is under attack and hardens her skin and connective tissues. In 2015, Ms Willers trekked through Kerinci Seblat National Park in Indonesia for the Tiger Conservation and Protection Unit. After returning to the UK, she suffered a series of seemingly unrelated ailments until she was diagnosed with Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis.

Source: Daily Mail November 18, 2017 22:41 UTC