Article: She is a pit bull's best friend

In a strange way, Donna Bishop is grateful to Michael Vick.

Bishop is the founder and president of Alliance for Animals, a no- kill animal shelter and low-cost clinic in South Boston. Though she began the shelter to help feral cats, she has been rescuing pit bulls for more than 10 years, and she continues her efforts even though she's now legally blind and was diagnosed several years ago with multiple sclerosis.

It wouldn't seem that Bishop, a diminutive, soft-spoken woman who wears a large magnifying glass on a lanyard around her neck to help her read, would have any reason to thank the Atlanta Falcons quarterback who pleaded guilty Aug. 21 to charges that he was involved in a dog fighting ...

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