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LET'S DO IT.WELL, WE'RE HERE TODAY AT OUR NEW GARLAND ANIMAL SHELTER AND ADOPTION CENTER, AND THIS IS THE NEW TRAIL SYSTEM THAT IS ATTACHED TO IT.
IT IS NAMED IN HONOR OF ABE TUGGLE, WHO IS A LONG-TERM EMPLOYEE WITH THE CITY, AND ALSO OUR DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL SERVICES.
AND SO THE OLD SHELTER CARRIED HIS NAME.
WE WANTED TO CONTINUE THAT LEGACY AND THAT HONORING.
AND SO WE HAVE DEVELOPED A TRAIL SYSTEM NEXT TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
AS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS ANIMAL CONTROL ASSOCIATION.
ABE'S IMPACT ALSO STRETCHED WELL PAST THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR CITY, AND HE IMPACTED THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS ON BEHALF OF ANIMALS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DID THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE, THE, THE NEW ANIMAL SHELTER AND ADOPTION CENTER WAS PROJECT NUMBER ONE.
AND THROUGH THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE, WE ALSO IDENTIFIED THAT PEOPLE WANTED TRAILS, WALKING TRAILS, BIKING TRAILS.
AND SO THIS LAND ADJACENT TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS PERFECT.
IT'S WELL TREATED, IT'S WELL SHADED, AND IT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, IF SOMEONE'S OUT HERE LOOKING TO ADOPT A DOG, TAKE 'EM FOR A WALK, KIND OF TAKE 'EM FOR A TEST DRIVE AND GET SOME EXERCISE AT THE SAME TIME.
A WAS A REALLY GOOD PROPONENT FOR THE ANIMALS AND FOR YOU TO HAVE SOMEWHERE FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY TO USE, RUNNING THE DOGS AND THEN FOR THE PUPPET TO USE, IT'S A DUAL USE, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY NICE TO HAVE, OH, IT'S AMAZING.
HE WOULD BE VERY HAPPY, VERY HAPPY.