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Convicts, Canines Connect to Save Lives

By Tina K. Valant. impulsive decisions with
A lifelong animal lover, Tina is a detrimental consequences.
confirmed dog-o-holic, with over These choices cost them
four decades of experience in rescue, freedom and drain them of
training, pet assisted therapy, their dignity, confidence
nutrition, fostering, rehabbing, and assets.
rehoming, et al. A thirty-year resident Several inhabitants of a
of Boca Raton, mom to a rescued certain dorm and cell block
menagerie, she was named “Animal in Doral, Florida, truly are
Friend of the Year” by the Palm Beach County Board of not at fault for their current
Commissioners. Tina’s article, a guide for dog adoptions, living arrangements. No,
appeared in our November issue. The following ran in really. They were picked up
“New Barker” magazine and is presented here with their as strays, owner surrenders,
permission. Tina is also a professional photographer, whose or were born with the
company, “Extraordinary Photography,” serves clients for a wrong pedigree. They
wide range of special events, and for those who want portraits are dogs from the Miami
of their beloved pets. She can be reached at: (561) 945-6363. Dade Animal Protection
Tina’s new monthly feature column, “The Enthusiastic and Adoption Center, the
Environmentalist,” debuts in our February issue. We county’s open in-take, municipal shelter. Despite the shelter’s County. You may not own/keep an American pit bull terrier,
know that you will look forward to her wide range of no-kill designation (save rate of 90% annually), many dogs American Staffordshire terrier, Staffordshire bull terrier or
experiences with flora and fauna that have brought her never make it out alive due to breed restrictions and lack of any dog that resembles one. It has been illegal to acquire a
television coverage and a large following on social media. available homes. new pit bull since January 1st, 1990. Even though there is a
***** Despite the valiant efforts of MCABSL (Miami Coalition $500 fine for having a pit bull, it is the breed most often seen
No one aspires to go to prison. Many feel they have Against Breed Specific Legislation), pit bulls and breeds
no opportunities, hang with the wrong crowds or make conforming to those characteristics are illegal in Miami-Dade Convicts, Canines Connect on page 12

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