Carlos the Pit Bull Gets a New Leash on Life in the U.S. By Tanya Mahrous, Best Friends Network Volunteer Writer After two strikes against him, Carlos has hit a homerun in life. In September 2008, I wrote about a special young pit bull named Carlos who had a tough start in life. He was just 2 years old but had already been through a couple surgeries and improper cropping of his ears with rope. Just when there was hope his forever home had been…

I want everyone to meet Chill. Donna, Pat and I rescued her recently. The pictures are tough to look at but it is the reality we see every day, the very sad plight of strays struggling to survive on the decaying urban streets. I have always said bombs could go off and do less damage in this heartbreaking world where people and street dogs co-exist in cruel poverty.