AR-News: (US KS) Saved from the pit

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Rescue group finds breed ‘loving, loyal' 
By Beth Lawton, World Online 
Monday, April 5, 2004 
Venus is one lucky dog.
  

The black puppy, under three months old with floppy ears and paws too big for 
her body, was curled up with a blanket and Winnie the Pooh toys under a table 
at the Lawrence Humane Society.
It seemed impossible that the dog is of a breed that stirs passion, criminal 
activity, fear and hate. In the past few years, numerous reports of pit bull 
attacks have appeared in the news, and pit bulls injured in local dog fights 
are frequently brought into the Lawrence Humane Society.
But for some pit bull owners and advocates, saving dogs like Venus, whom the 
local humane society removed from a cruelty situation in Lawrence, has become 
a mission.
"They're incredibly loving, loyal creatures," said Suzanne Mott, Topeka, of 
Missouri Pit Bull Rescue. MPR is a small volunteer network of foster homes for 
pit bulls.
"We see terrible, horrible abuse cases who don't even have the energy to 
stand, and still, when a person walks into a room, their tail starts thumping," 
Mott said.





full story:

http://www.ljworld.com/section/citynews/story/166440 
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