A 13-year-old Martham boy is to represent Great Yarmouth's Sea Life Centre at Britain's first National Junior Sea Life Conference.Ricky Froud answered an appeal to find a local delegate with a letter telling centre staff about his passion for sharks and horror of the grisly “shark finning” trade.
A 13-year-old Martham boy is to represent Great Yarmouth's Sea Life Centre at Britain's first National Junior Sea Life Conference.
Ricky Froud answered an appeal to find a local delegate with a letter telling centre staff about his passion for sharks and horror of the grisly “shark finning” trade.
Ricky will now work with Sea Life marine expert Darren Gook to put a presentation together for the conference at Birmingham's Hilton Hotel on July 15 and 16.
And Ricky became the first official signatory of a new Sea Life network conservation petition.
He will be joined by nine other young delegates from around the UK, meeting up at the National Sea Life Centre, Birmingham, for a tour before attending a special conference dinner. Special guests will include representatives of wildlife and conservation charities and, all being well, a celebrity TV wildlife presenter.
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