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Article: She is a pit bull's best friend
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 18, 2007
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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 ...