Cliff Leonard. Saturday, he was presented the Veterans of Foreign Wars Commander-in-Chief Gold Medal of Merit by
Hal Roesch, VFW national commander.
Only a handful of veterans are chosen each year to receive the award, which is given for exceptional services rendered to the country and community. He also was given a lifetime membership to the VFW. The ceremony took place at VFW Post 7909 on Blanding Boulevard.
Leonard was a Marine from 1966 to 1968 and spent 13 months in reconnaissance units in the jungles of Vietnam. After his Marine Corps service and multiple other careers, he became a sculptor who creates busts of Florida Marines who died in combat. He gives them to family at no cost. Leonard has completed about 50 since he began making them 13 years ago.
Blue Dogs Photos Prompts Health Concerns From Animal Welfare Charity
On 2/16/21 at 7:30 AM EST
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Humane Society International, which has 12 million members globally, has called on authorities in cities across Russia to implement sterilization and vaccination programs to protect the welfare of stray dogs like these.
Photos of the dogs taken near the Russian city of Dzerzhinsk, 230 miles east of Moscow, emerged online earlier this month, and have since gone viral. The dogs have an ethereal cobalt tinge to their coats, thought to be the result of exposure to copper sulphate at a nearby abandoned chemical plant.
Blue dogs were spotted near an abandoned chemical plant at Dzerzhinsk in Russia s Nizhny Novgorod region.strange colouring may caused by chemical waste such as copper sulphate.vibrant blue coats not a happy one.much concerned issue. it may cause health issues to them#saveanimalspic.twitter.com/USBGSkKupB priya balu (@priyabalu 2000) February 14, 2021
As bitingly cold weather conditions overtake south Louisiana, many are not only concerned about their own safety but with the best way to care for their four-legged friends during freezing temperatures.
Letter: Back big-cat safety bill
Our Congressman, John Garamendi, should co-sponsor H.R. 263, the Big Cat Public Safety Act. This piece of legislation would make it illegal for any American to import, export, transport, sell, receive, purchase, breed, or possess lions, tigers, leopards, snow leopards, jaguars, cougars, or any hybrid thereof. In other words, H.R. 263 makes it a federal crime to operate a roadside zoo featuring big cats. The bill also mandates that accredited zoos and sanctuaries maintain a distance of at least 15 feet between big cats and visiting members of the public, unless there is a permanent barrier sufficient to prevent public contact.