Save Our Seas Shark Centre Visits Westerford High School

It’s very impressive when a young, high school student cares enough about a cause to take initiative. So when 9th grader, Sophie Schmidt, asked the Save Our Seas Shark Centre to talk to Westerford High School’s Animal Rights Advocates group, we were very happy to oblige. We arrived on 7 February to a great turn out, with some excellent, thoughtful questions from the audience. It was particularly heartening to field questions from students who were interested in how they, as consumers, could do their bit to reduce the high numbers of shark fatalities world-wide. We also donated some great books on sharks to the school’s library, which should be very useful for any student wanting to do research on sharks and shark conservation.