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LOCALWednesday 2 March 2016

Mrs. Yvonne Breau Bourque Honored by the Aruba Tourism Authority

PIEDRA PLAT - Recently
the Aruba Tourism Author-
ity had the great pleasure
of honoring a very nice
and lovely lady who is a
loyal and friendly Visitor of
Aruba, as a Goodwill Am-
bassador. The honoree
was Mrs. Yvonne Breau
Bourque from Boston, Mas-
sachusetts. The symbolic
honorary title is presented
in the name of the Minis-
ter of Tourism as a token
of appreciation to guests
who visit Aruba for 20-to-
34 consecutive years. The
honoring ceremony took
place at the residence
of Mr. Franklin and Mrs.
Lourdes de Kort at Piedra
Plat, Aruba. Mrs. Yvonne is
a real good friend of many
Aruban families on the Is-
land like the De Kort, Felici-
ana, and Figaroa families

and many more. She has
been visiting Aruba for 30
consecutive years and has
a total of 50 visits during
those years.
Mrs. Yvonne loves Aruba
very much because of
the friendly people, the
climate, beaches, res-
taurants, Aruba feels like
a second home and the
people are like a family
to her and she has a lot
of great memories of our
beautiful Island. The certifi-
cate was presented by Mr.
Ernest Giel representing the
Aruba Tourism Authority to-
gether with a big group of
Aruban friends and families
of Mrs. Yvonne.

Animal Welfare at the Heart of Animal Rights Aruba

ORANJESTAD - Animal ilization, rescue and adop- in Noord, Wayaka and San
Rights Aruba (ARA) is a non tion campaign to deal Nicholas or Animal Care
– profit Animal Welfare Or- with the stray dog and cat Clinic, in Paradera. Dog &
ganization that aims to pro- overpopulation dilemma, Cat owners are urged to
tect all Fauna, Flora and as it was a serious issue on take advantage of the of-
Marine Life on and around the island not only from an fer, as Animal Right Aruba
the island of Aruba. animal welfare stance, but subsidizes the procedure
Animal Rights Aruba was that of Public Health and by partially paying the vets
founded on May 3, 1999, Tourism as well. for the operation. Dog and
is run solely by volunteers, Animal Rights Aruba re- cat owners are expected
and is a very young organi- cently unveiled its cam- to participate with a very
zation with a lot of room to paign offering greatly dis- reasonable contribution.
grow. Our vision is a world counted spay and neuter For more details on dis-
in which the welfare of ani- services at all three vet counted spay and neuter
mals is understood and re- clinics on the island, so that services, animals up for
spected by everyone, and dog and cat owners can adoption and other cam-
protected by effective leg- choose between Contre- paigns, please visit ARA on-
islation. ras Veterinary Services, in line at: www.animalrightsa-
In 2005 ARA started a ster- Shaba and Savaneta, VKA ruba.org.