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Postby hugapitbull » November 25th, 2009, 11:26 pm

The following links are courtesy of a fellow tripawd friend. Her rescue, Dharma, is featured in the photos. It is good to see a major magazine giving positive feedback.

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1942909,00.html

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1942950-1,00.html
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Postby Marinepits » November 25th, 2009, 11:42 pm

OMG, those photos! :heartbeat: :cry:
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Postby TheRedQueen » November 25th, 2009, 11:53 pm

Marinepits wrote:OMG, those photos! :heartbeat: :cry:

Ditto...*sniffle*...I just want to hug them all...esp. poor Fay.
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Postby LMM » November 26th, 2009, 12:16 am

I looooove me some Big Red :loveU:
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Postby ArtGypsy » November 26th, 2009, 12:19 am

What a Great Tribute................ :D
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Postby Malli » November 26th, 2009, 3:51 am

how neat of Time to do this, those are amazing pictures.
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Postby DeeNtheChillas » November 26th, 2009, 11:30 am

This is a wonderful tribute, and just in time to be included in my thesis...
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Lizz (11 y/o beagle x toy fox terrier)
Blazer (7 y/o chihuahua x boston terrier)
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Postby Jenn » November 26th, 2009, 11:37 am

That's great :)
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Postby Miss_Pits » November 26th, 2009, 1:34 pm

Thanks for sharing!

Big Red and Harriet :love:


And poor Fay - She shows a true pittie spirit! Still smiling <3
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Postby furever_pit » November 26th, 2009, 6:57 pm

Thanks for sharing!
It's great that Time has featured something like this.
Tons of cute pitties in those pictures. I liked Fay and Winston a lot.
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Postby pitbullmamaliz » November 29th, 2009, 7:39 pm

Oh how sad yet heartwarming all at the same time. :(
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Postby Suzi » November 29th, 2009, 9:41 pm

Heartbreaking......I want Fay.
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Postby suziriot » November 30th, 2009, 12:36 am

I'm so glad that TIME did this story and that their coverage included the online photo gallery as well as the article in the magazine. I am SO frustrated because I haven't been able to find the actual print mag anywhere... Borders told me they would have it in tomorrow and I told them to set aside 10 copies for me! :dance:

TIME has posted a video story online as well. http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,52925818001_1943278,00.html

For those of you who fell for handsome muscleman Winston, he's in the vid! :wink: Tim Rickey, HSMO's lead investigator and someone who will always be revered as a savior by my family, does a voice over as well. My only disappointment with TIME's coverage is that they didn't include anything beyond the investigation and rescue. Several of the dogs featured in their coverage have already been successfully integrated into foster and forever homes. I would have loved for them to share how Jakob (who went to Our Pack in NoCal), Dharma, and several other dogs are already training to earn CGC and therapy certifications. Telling the story of their victimization is important, of course... I just want the public to see that these dogs are capable of being loving companions in spite of the abuse people have inflicted on them.

BTW, you can get updates on Fay and other MO bust dogs on the blog I manage for the rescue I volunteer with, Mutts-n-Stuff: http://muttsnstuff.wordpress.com/ Fosters and adopters are still needed. I know many of the rescues around the country where dogs have been or will be placed, so if you're interested but don't know who to contact, just PM me and I can either tell you or find out if there is one in your area. :)
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