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Photo Courtesy of W.Va. Legislative Photography
Retired racing greyhound Ava was the guest of her human, Senate Majority Whip Ryan Weld, R-Brooke, this past week at the West Virginia Capitol.
CHARLESTON Members of the West Virginia Legislature and their staffs let a sleeping dog lie this week and stepped over the retired racing greyhound snoozing on the floor in Senate Majority Whip Ryan Weld’s office.
Weld, R-Brooke, adopted Ava the greyhound, which resides with Weld and his wife Alex in Wellsburg. This past week, she made the trip to Charleston with Weld and took up residence in his office at the Capitol.
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