greyhound pal Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Greyhound Action Scotland Wins Award Greyhound Action Scotland are delighted to announce that campaigner, Finleigh Wells, aged 14, has been Highly Commended in the 2007 Deutsche Bank Spotlight Awards for her contribution to the Greyhound Action Scotland campaign. Finleigh, an S3 pupil at Knox Academy in Haddington, first became involved in the campaign after taking home a rescued greyhound, who was no longer able to race, when she was just 7 years old. Since then, the family has grown to include four retired greyhounds and a Lurcher. The Greyhound Action Scotland campaign focuses on raising awareness of the plight of the racing greyhound and the aim of the campaign is to ban the sport of greyhound racing in Scotland. Tens of thousands of greyhounds are bred each year in the UK and Ireland for use in the sport. The average career for a racing greyhound is just 18 months. Many greyhounds are discarded or culled when they are no longer able to race. In March 2007, a County Durham man was fined following the discovery that he charged racing owners £10 to shoot racing greyhounds with a bolt gun and bury them on his land. Finleigh has tirelessly worked to raise awareness of the plight of the racing greyhound by holding stalls at various events and even giving ‘talks’ at school! She has also been involved in the rescue and rehoming of greyhounds. In addition to this, Finleigh has had a short story published in the book “Greyhound Survivors†and taken part in many demonstrations including giving a speech at the March for Greyhounds in Hyde Park Speakers Corner last November. Finleigh says: “I was really surprised to win this award. Its brilliant that a campaign to try to stop greyhounds from suffering is recognised. Dogs shouldn’t suffer and die in Scotland for the sake of running them round a track. We need to ban this sport. Greyhounds are wonderful dogs and make good pets –they don’t deserve to be treated this way†The Deutsche Bank Spotlight Awards, judged by a panel including GMTV’s Ben Sheppard, are to recognise young people taking action for things that they believe in. Finleigh’s campaigning was singled out as being ‘noteworthy’ and chosen to be highly commended for her campaigning work. Finleigh was awarded a certificate and awarded £20 to help her with future campaigning. For more information: Email: [email protected] Website: www.greyhoundactionscotland.org.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kats n greys Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 WTG Finleigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loobie Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 That is brilliant congratulations Finley and GA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReikiAnge Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Well done Finleigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClazUK Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Well done Finleigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanishPastry Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 what a great recognition of hard work and strong beliefs. Well done Finleigh! :flowers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spindles Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Congratulations Finleigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brindlebabe Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Good for you Finleigh . Your mum must be as proud as punch . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greytgirl Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 How wonderful WTG Finleigh and GA hopefully another generation will be more educated than ours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantan Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Well done Finleigh, I think that's wonderful Marion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nettie Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 Fantastic Finleigh, well done. Amanda you must be one proud mum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LurcherLongdog Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 Congratulations Finleigh! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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