Pictured is Jessica Farren of Evans City, who has been named the new Butler County humane police officer. She will begin her duties in early summer.

The animals of Butler County once again have an advocate.

Diana Joy Waller, president and co-founder of One Voice for the Abused Domestic Animals (OVADA), announced that Jessica Farren of Evans City has been named the county’s new humane police officer.

Farren has been a veterinary technician for a decade in both private veterinary practices and animal shelters.

She was an animal control officer for the Beaver County Humane Society in 2017 and 2018 and assisted in humane investigations and animal welfare checks in Butler County during that time with the former humane police officer.

She currently works at a veterinary hospital in Robinson Township, Allegheny County.

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