Laura Guttridge – The Initiator And Past President Of Marion County

Voices For Animals

Laura Guttridge, a former swimsuit model, has been a lifelong animal activist. Since a very young age, she has been actively involved in working towards the protection of animals and has been honored multiple times owing to her dedicated services.

She was presented the 2007 Humanitarian Award by the Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County, for excellent services. Laura Guttridge and friend dressed as lettuce ladies for the 20th anniversary gala of the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida, to promote a vegetarian lifestyle.

This event was hosted by Bob Barker in Fort Lauderdale in March 2009. She loves animals and has been battling against all odds to save and protect them. Laura has put in a lot of hard work and efforts to save animals and has been an active participant in many protests against hunting and preventing cruelty to animals.

She has also helped in bringing awareness to the suffering of circus animals as well as against using animals in circus. Laura Guttridge follows a vegetarian lifestyle and has also been a part in the promotion of the Vegetarian Starter Kit by PETA. She got arrested during her efforts to protest against hunting in the Ocala National Forest.

Apart from this, she was also arrested for being a part of the anti-fur protest held by San Diego Animal Advocates. Her passion towards saving animals drove her to establish Marion County Voices For Animals. She was the Past President of the organization. Laura Guttridge has also helped raise thousands of dollars for the charity Save the Chimps, by chairing fundraising events for them.

Apart from this, Laura Guttridge is also on the Board of Directors for The Animal Rights Foundation of Florida. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Central Florida. Laura has written a children’s book named Gypsy The Christmas Cat. This book has helped in motivating children about compassion, trust and patience.

This book is based on the on a real-life cat named Gypsy. She wrote this book with an aim to help children learn about giving unconditional love, kindness, affection and a home to animals.

Laura’s passion and efforts to raise a voice against animal cruelty is reflected from her book. Besides, Laura Guttridge has also been working as a co-host for a popular TV talk show Dr. Josefina's Way. The show was formerly called Empowerment and has now moved online www.healthypowertv.com. She has also appeared in many TV shows like "Renegade", “Silk Stalkings”, “Inside Edition", and "Current Affair

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