Buchanan wins Humane Society award for animal welfare efforts

Valerie Bliss, development director, and Terri Romano, veterinary practice manager, talk with U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan as he holds Troubbles, a 6-week-old Chihuahua, during a tour Monday of the Pet Health Center at the Humane Society of Manatee County.
GRANT JEFFERIES/Bradenton Herald — Valerie Bliss, development director, and Terri Romano, veterinary practice manager, talk with U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan as he holds Troubbles, a 6-week-old Chihuahua, during a tour Monday of the Pet Health Center at the Humane Society of Manatee County. GRANT JEFFERIES/Bradenton Herald gjefferies@bradenton.com

Your readers may not be aware that Congressman Vern Buchanan is one of the leading advocates of animal welfare in our Congress, having received the Legislator of the Year Award from the U.S. Humane Society in 2016. I applaud his efforts to protect wildlife and prevent animal cruelty.

I am so very proud to have our Congressman co-chair the bipartisan Congressional Animal Protection Caucus to raise awareness of this extremely important issue. Thank you, Congressman, for your involvement to have our beautiful animals treated humanely.

Joan Shirey

Bradenton

This story was originally published February 6, 2017 at 3:02 PM with the headline "Buchanan wins Humane Society award for animal welfare efforts."

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