Sonny the spaniel wins council Enviro Award for picking litter
GREEN-minded residents who are passionate about looking after the environment were rewarded at North Lincolnshire Council's annual Enviro Awards.
A special ceremony was held on Thursday at the council's Pittwood House headquarters, with awards handed out in five different categories.
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Sharon Smith and Sonny the spaniel.
And, as reported in the Scunthorpe Telegraph, they were not all human, with Sonny the recycling wonder dog also picking up a gong in the special award category.
The springer spaniel was trained to put rubbish he has scavenged into the bin, rather than ripping it up.
The dog's owner, Sharon Smith, of Meadow Road, Scunthorpe, said: "I am chuffed to pieces for him.
"When I put the entry form in, it was a bit tongue-in-cheek because I said a box of Bonios would be nice."
Other winners on the night included Melissa Holmes, 11, and Lydia Czabaniuk, 10, who have repeatedly picked up litter around Winteringham.
They were successful in the junior category at the awards ceremony.
Lydia said: "I didn't think we would win. It's amazing.
"We have done it for two years and once every school term, we go around Winteringham."
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Comments
by We Have A Spaniel, A Rubbish Collector
Saturday, November 14 2009, 8:00PM
“He is 3 year old Spaniel and nealy every time he goes for a walk he picks up a plastic bottle or some other rubbish to fetch home, he does not like to part with his finds so I have job of taking it off him worst was a dirty disposable nappie but many other nasty things that should never end up on a street, he picked up a bottle at lunch time and garded it until I took it off him at tea time, I got sick of noise it made, I wish he would put them in a bin when he gets home. Even just to drop it would be great so well done Sonny but watch tour weight with all those biscuit rewards.”