From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 1998:

The 1998 American Humane
Association “Be kind to animals kid” is
Jordan Ross, 8, of Fort Worth, Texas. Ross
“was born two months early, and as a result,
suffers from health problems including severe
asthma, mild cerebral palsy, and a genetic
heart defect. He has also had to wear a back
brace from the time he was six months old for
scoliosis,” according to the AHA announcement.
“At the age of two, Jordan was diagnosed
with an immune disorder, which limited
his human contact severely.” Despite his
handicaps, Jordan successfully bottle-nursed
an orphaned colt and an orphaned bison calf,
among other creatures, “has an ongoing
debate with his grandfather and brother, who
like to hunt,” won a local wildlife photography
contest last summer, fought his family to
save their Great Dane from ear cropping, and
intends to become a veterinarian. Runners-up
include Auna Badke, 9, a wildlife rehabilitator
in Bristol, Indiana; Christine Cannell,
13, a longtime volunteer for Pets In Need, in
McHenry, Illinois; Patrice Coughlin, 13, of
Middletown, New Jersey, a longtime volunteer
for the Monmouth County SPCA;
Aaron Kubaryk, 8, of Lajas, Puerto Rico, a
fundraiser for the Villa Michelle animal shelter
in Mayaguez; and Patrick Monahan, 13,
of Moreno Valley, California, an 8-year volunteer
for the Moreno Valley Animal
S h e l t e r, who is the only two-time national
finalist in the 82-year history of the “Be kind
to animals kid” contest.

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, Jan/Feb 1998:

ANIMAL PEOPLE photographer
Robert L. Harrison ( right ), of East
Meadow, New York, won certificates of
appreciation from the Town of Hempstead
and Nassau County for “The Silver Swan,”
featured in the 1998 Town of Hempstead calendar.
Harrison also won first, second, and
third prizes for wildlife and nature photos at
the recent New England Woodcarving &
Wildlife Exposition.
Brewster Bartlett, coordinator of
the Dr. Splatt roadkill research project,
recently received a Chevron Award for excellence
in producing a science and technology
classroom exercise. Bartlett, a science
teacher at Pinkerton Academy in Derry,
New Hampshire, involves middle school students
at more than 100 schools around the
U.S. in the annual spring Dr. Splatt census.

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1996:

Elizabeth Lewyt, who with her
late husband Alex founded the North
Shore Animal League in 1954 and still
works at the shelter nearly every day, in
October received the American Humane
Association’s Lifetime Achievement
Award. Also honored by AHA were
Darrin Buswell, veterinary technician at
Wayside Waifs Animal Shelter in Kansas
City, Missouri, who rescued many shelter
animals from a middle-of-the-night fire;
Friskies Pet Care public relations manager
Barbara Royer, for service to the
AHA ideals; KOTV-Oklahoma reporters
Michelle Lowry and Catherine Curtin,

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1996:

DENVER––Kendra Thirlwell, age
nine, of Louisville, Kentucky, was on
August 21 named the American Humane
Association “Be Kind To Animals Kid” for
1996. Volunteering for two years at the
Enviro Pet adoption shelter operated by the
Kentucky Humane Society, Thirlwell one
year ago began broadcasting a three-minute
pet-of-the-week spot on Creature Feature, a
Louisville-based radio talk show. She also
organized an aluminum can drive at her
school that brought in 15,000 cans, netting
$500 toward the cost of a new KHS shelter.
Other finalists included Kayla
Capper, 11, of San Anselmo, California,
founder of an activist group called Preventing
Animal Testing, Cruelty, and Hunting;

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