101X (101.5 FM) interviewed John Garcia for Love-A-Bull’s Pit Bull Awareness Weekend!

The interview took place on 10/21/09. Listen to the interview (mp3).

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View the press release here: http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/charity/index.html

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Our Pit Bull Awareness Weekend piqued the interest of Best Friends, especially with special guest John Garcia attending!

Check out the article here: http://network.bestfriends.org/golocal/texas/news.aspx?pID=13354

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The Pittie Pride and Memorial Walk, which was both a chance to show off our great dogs and a way to remember the victims of dog fighting who cannot speak for themselves, was a great success. Despite the possibility of bad weather, nearly 40 members and their dogs attended the walk. We attracted quite a sight downtown!

Read the Examiner article about the walk here: http://www.examiner.com/x-20590-Austin-Dogs-Examiner~y2009m9d13-Austin-shows-its-Pittie-Pride-Love-A-Bull-hosts-a-pride-and-memorial-walk-for-Pit-Bulls

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Love-A-Bull’s Lydia Zaidman placed her team spirit up for auction on eBay after the Philadelphia Eagles signed dogfigher Michael Vick to their team. The winning bidder chose which team Lydia would root for for the rest of the season. The proceeds from the auction went to Love-A-Bull.

KEYE-TV featured this story on their evening news.

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Fox News interviewed Love-A-Bull’s Lydia Zaidman about the pit bull’s bad rap and about our free training classes for members! (Please allow a few seconds to load video.)

Can’t view it? Click here: Beating the Bad Rap of Pit Bulls

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Two Love-A-Bull therapy dogs appeared on the news while working at the Camp Mabry Heroes Celebration.

Can’t view it? Click here: Pit Bulls Dispel Myths at Camp Mabry

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Love-A-Bull members went to Madisonville, TX, to protest the passage of breed-specific legislation in that city and to try to educate city leaders about safer, more effective alternative dog laws. Breed-specific legislation is not legal in Texas.

Read the coverage at these links:
KBTX Coverage
Best Friends Coverage

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