Other Recipients
Senator Daniel Akaka
Robin Brennen, DVM
The Candle Cafe & Candle 79
The Staff & Volunteers of
the Louisiana SPCA
Stella McCartney  
Moo Shoes
The Staff of the Mayor's Alliance for
NYC’S Animals
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
Donna Tabor
Marcy Unterman

ROBIN BRENNEN, DVM

A real life vet without borders, Dr. Brennen has a passion for animals and for teaching and training less experienced veterinarians (and vet students) that has in 2005 taken her to the Cook Islands, Nicaragua, and a Native American reservation in rural Minnesota.  She spent the last three months of 2005 in post-Katrina Louisiana, ensuring the care of 4,000 animals as director of veterinary services at the Lamar Dixon shelter in the city of Gonzales.  Dr. Brennen’s vision of improving the quality of global veterinary services by working side-by-side with animal professionals in developing countries is improving the lives of animals throughout the world.  Always one to put her money where her mouth is, she spent nearly half of this year working as a volunteer, improving veterinary care in developing areas without a salary.