British Student Awarded for a Decade of Saving Stray Animals in Greece

Ten years of volunteering astatine stray carnal shelters connected the Greek land of Zakynthos earned British pupil Mitchell Knight an Outstanding Young Citizen Award by the High Sheriff of Shropshire. Credit: Facebook / High Sheriff of Shropshire

Sixty young radical were praised past week by the High Sheriff of Shropshire successful UK astatine this year’s Outstanding Young Citizen Awards, including a young antheral who has contributed to carnal payment efforts successful Greece for an full decade.

Public uniformed services pupil Mitchell Knight was one of ten Telford College students whose assemblage enactment has been acknowledged successful the awards.

Named wide Outstanding Young Citizen victor for Telford and Wrekin, the young unpaid was the biggest victor of the night, his assemblage announced with pride.

UK pupil helps prevention strays connected Greek island

Since 2015, Mitchell has volunteered with Healing Paws and Zante Strays successful the Greek island of Zakynthos, Greece.

The 2 charities are devoted to rescuing dogs and cats from the streets, providing urgent aesculapian treatment, rehabilitation, and rehoming them safely astir the world.

Famous among astir planetary tourists chiefly arsenic a enactment island, Zakynthos is besides known for its brimming wildlife and boasts a vibrant assemblage of carnal payment volunteers.

According to the BBC, Mitchell was introduced to the 2 charities by his aunt portion connected a household vacation connected the land successful 2016, and helium has been visiting Zakynthos erstwhile a twelvemonth ever since.

“We volition either assistance successful their shelters, cleaning up oregon gathering caller ones and taking food, treats and toys over,” helium says of his work arsenic a volunteer.

Greek strays charities successful request of volunteers

Besides helping astatine the shelters, Mitchell and his household person brought backmost 16 dogs to the UK, to get them rehomed. They are presently looking aft 8 strays from Zakynthos astatine their ain Newport home.

Mitchell’s Telford College tutor Craig Stockman said his pupil is “an exceptional unpaid whose dedication, compassion, and tireless committedness to some radical and animals makes him genuinely deserving of recognition.”

If you consciousness inspired by Mitchell and his peers’ story, possibly you tin lend a helping manus too, either connected Zakynthos oregon successful 1 of galore stray charities crossed Greece.

Cat charities connected the Cycladic land of Syros, for istance, precocious announced they were seeking “fit, mature, healthy, and independent” volunteers for semipermanent stays of astatine slightest 1 month.