Award recognises seabird rescue workers
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Australian Seabird Rescue's (ASR) Marny Bonner will today be honoured with an international award.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare Action Award is also dedicated to Ms Bonner's partner, the late Lance Ferris, known as 'the pelican man'.
The presentation will be made to Ms Bonner at the group's headquarters in Ballina.
Erica Martin from the fund says the group has made remarkable inroads into animal protection and raising awareness of environmental issues.
"ASR efforts have been going in Ballina since the early '90s," she said.
"The extraordinary work that they've managed to do in rescuing over 1,500 pelicans, 60 different species of seabirds and hundreds of marine turtles is an extraordinary accumulation of work.
"We really felt that it was time that these remarkable people get recognised."
