Isaac Busuttil has big plans for the future.
He wants to be an animal rescuer, a scientist, a palaeontologist, an author and an illustrator.
His ambitions speak to the talent and drive of the eight-year-old, who decided at the tender age of four he needed to do something to help save the Sumatran tiger.
He began selling biscuits and tomatoes from his garden and soon had raised $730 to donate to conservation efforts to help prevent extinction of the species.
“There’s a catchphrase I have; we can be part of the solution not the problem,” the sage Derrimut resident said.
Isaac now has his sights set on helping the Tasmanian Devil, the Lord Howe Island stick insect and the southern bent-wing bat.
And Wildlife Victoria has called on the young eco-warrior to share what he knows about caring for native Australian wildlife with his fellow pupils at St Lawrence Primary School.
Next Tuesday night he’ll help Wildlife Victoria volunteers teach his peers, their families and whoever else wants to attend the public event how to look after birds, possums, lizards, echidnas, wombats and kangaroos.
The free educational event will be held at the Derrimut school from 6.30-7.30pm.
Alexandra Laskie
