Sharks often have a bad reputation – so the attack by a suspected great white off the New South Wales , Australian beach did not help!
Here are a selection of Shark charities ( in no particular order) working hard to change the ‘JAWS’ mentality to show they are actually amazing creatures who happen to be top predators…. almost all of which have very good / excellent education resources.
- The Shark Trust UK undertakes research, a range of shark / citizen science projects / outreach in the United Kingdom
The Hong Kong Shark Foundation
In 2019, HKSF spoke to over 10,800 students and successfully expanded their Shark Ambassador Program to over five secondary schools to further shark conservation awareness. A director, Andrea , is a super pro-shark person!
Sharks4Kids , based in. USA, aims to create a new generation of shark advocates through access to a dynamic range of educational materials. They have reached 128, 000 students since 2013.
There are several Shark research facilities including The Shark Development programme
Sharks for Kids runs exceptional events and has lots of top resources
Global groups that focus or have a focus on sharks include
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