Las Vegas students honored for wildlife efforts — PHOTOS

Students from Joseph E. Thiriot Elementary School view dolphins at Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden & Dolphin Habitat, Friday, May 29, 2015, at The Mirage. U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., honored the habit and the students with a Congressional Recognition in their efforts for creating artwork, essays and poems for World Wildlife Day and Endangered Species Day. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Jeff Scheid on Twitter @jlscheid

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LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

May 30, 2015 - 9:24 pm

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., honored students from Joseph E. Thiriot Elementary School and Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden & Dolphin Habitat at the Mirage with a Congressional Recognition.

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