From Bad News to Good News
Here is some more good news about our Victory Dogs and more about how you can help to raise awareness for the wonderfullness that is a PitBull. (like me.... Bob..... ) I got this yesterday from my friends at Best Friends, so I am re-posting what they had to say:
Best Friends Awarded for Work with Vick Dogs
U.S. Justice Department honors Best Friends Animal Society for rehabilitative work with Michael Vick’s fighting dogs
This award to Best Friends is in conjunction with 2009 National Leadership Conference for the U.S. Justice Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) and the Asset Forfeiture Program. The conference focused on the essential role the OCDETF and Asset Forfeiture Programs play in disrupting and dismantling illegal enterprises, depriving criminals of the proceeds of illegal activity, deterring crime, and restoring property to victims of crime.
For the last 19 months, Best Friends has been in the national spotlight for its care of nearly half the animals seized from Michael Vick’s dog fighting operation. Considered the most challenging cases, these dogs would have been destroyed if Best Friends had not accepted them. During that time, the dogs have made steady progress, with one dog being recently adopted and another in foster care.
Co-managers of DogTown, Michelle Beshmehn and John Garcia, accepted the award on behalf of Best Friends.
“We are honored to receive this award,” said Gregory Castle, interim chief executive officer for Best Friends Animal Society. “This honor comes just weeks after what is probably the single largest bust of dogfighting rings in the country and it drives home the complexity of the issues surrounding American pit bull terriers and other ‘bully breeds.’”
“It is our hope that across the country people will step forward, as they did for the Michael Vick dogs and say ‘these dogs deserve a chance at life and here’s what we can do to help.’”
This award arrives at a monumental time when Halle, a dog rescued from Bad Newz Kennels, is being adopted into her forever home.
Here are Halle (on the left) and Tacoma, both of whom came to their new forever home via Best Friends. To read about Halle's adoption, click here.
How You Can Help:
Support the efforts of Best Friends and help save America's Dog by donating to the pit bull campaign. All you have to do is press this DONATE NOW BUTTON
and you will be flying away to the correct page to make it happen. Give Big! Give Small, but please Give Something. Did you know that pennies really add up?
And another thing we can all do is to support and follow @Boycott_Vick on our Tweeting Machines. This is what he had to say a few hours ago:
"Thanks to everyone who showed @Boycott_Vick follow friday love. We appreciate it. 150+ followers in 3 days, not too bad! Keep spreading word"
Mom says that even us PitBulls can make a big, big difference if we mean to really help our brothers and our sisters to overcome all the horrible things that have happened to them or could happen if people just don't care. So, please. Show everyone that you do care.
Thanks,
Bob
............. not even a water boy job for Mr. Vick, please
Image of Halle and her new pal Tacoma provided by Halle's new family.
Categories: We Have a Dream
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