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Young warriors wild about spreading the word

04 Nov, 2009 04:00 AM
TWO district children are helping take the message of wildlife conservation to the world.

Princetown siblings, Eve and Ted Johnson, have been appointed Joey Ambassadors for the Australia Zoo Wildlife Warriors initiative alongside 10 other school students from New Zealand, the US and Hong Kong.

The ambassadors will promote the cause in the lead-up to Steve Irwin Day on November 15, jumping into weekly challenges such as raising money and collecting books for Tanzanian school students.

The late Irwin and wife Terri established the Wildlife Warriors initiative in 2002 to helps protect animals such as tigers, whales and Tasmanian devils.

Eve, 10, and Ted, 6, were spreading the conservation message at the Warrnambool show on the weekend and will be at the Colac show this weekend where they aim to sign up 10 new Wildlife Warriors.

"I love helping the environment and my brother and I regularly collect rubbish from our local beach in Princetown," Eve said.

"Ted is also an awesome wildlife artist and loves drawing reptiles most of all. We have so much fun being Wildlife Warriors and doing all the things that help wildlife conservation."

Ted and Eve will host a Steve Irwin Day weekend at the Princetown Recreation Reserve on November 14 and 15, to raise money for the charity.

Wildlife Warriors for four years, Ted plans to be a wildlife vet when he grows up while Eve has set her sights on being a wildlife carer.

People interested in signing up as Wildlife Warriors can contact their mother Julia Johnson on 0427 985 176.

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  Ted and Eve Johnson,  with Mike from Black Snake Productions,  get to know some of the reptiles they are helping to preserve . 091031RG01 Picture: ROB GUNSTONEJoey Ambassadors. Pictured - front l-r , of Princetown,  (back), on Steve Irmwin Day
Ted and Eve Johnson, with Mike from Black Snake Productions, get to know some of the reptiles they are helping to preserve . 091031RG01 Picture: ROB GUNSTONEJoey Ambassadors. Pictured - front l-r , of Princetown, (back), on Steve Irmwin Day

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