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ADOPTION INFORMATION
Available For Adoption:
MALES | FEMALES | PUPS & MORE
Who we are and what we do. Read ABOUT US and our HISTORY & GOALS
Important information about Pit Bulls: BREED-INFO
Before you adopt, read the PROS & CONS
After you adopt, A FEW TIPS
Help us help them! Please DONATE or SPONSOR
We need help! Please donate YOUR TIME
See our success stories HAPPY ENDINGS
Current and previous MONTHLY NEWS
Buy T-Shirts and mugs. All profits help us rescue dogs MPR SHOP
Breed Specific Legislation in Missouri and surrounding states: BSL
So, you want to breed your Pit Bull? THINK AGAIN
Animal shelters, rescue groups, veterinarians, web sites and other regional resources MISSOURI LINKS
Important information about INSURANCE RESOURCES
Find out about upcoming MPR EVENTS with our EVENT CALENDAR
If you have any question or comment CONTACT US
Visit MPR on MY SPACE 
SAVE A LABEL
SAVE A PIT BULL
Collect Best Choice Labels and help us raise money for Pit Bulls in need.
Just save the labels of Best Choice products and send them to address below. Be sure to save and mail the UPC portion (proof of purchase) MPR will earn $30 for each bundle of 1,000 UPC's
Please Mail labels to:
PO BOX 520043 Independence,
MO 64052 |
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Easy way to raise money for MPR. Just start using GoodSearch.com as your search engine and online shopping mall. Every time you search the Internet or make an online purchase at one of their partner merchants, GoodSearch makes a donation to MPR! |
PLEASE HELP US HELP THEM
MPR IS A 501C3 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE
P.O. BOX 520043
Independence,
MO 64052
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SPAY & NEUTER
SNKC CAN HELP!
Not Enough GOOD Homes For Pit Bulls
Considering the current situation, MPR does NOT support show breeding, backyard breeding, "game breeding", or ANY form of Pit Bull breeding. Pit Bulls are overflowing and being destroyed in area shelters - There is NO excuse to add more to an already over-saturated market.
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SPAY & NEUTERING FOR PIT BULL DOGS |
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Welcome to MPR. Our Mission is to promote responsible Pit Bull ownership, provide breed education, combat pet overpopulation, fight unfair legislation's, and find qualified homes for sound Pit Bull dogs in Missouri. |
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"We Are So Sorry That We Scare You...."
FUNDRAISING EVENT March 2008 |
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Join MPR on Thursday, March 6
6:00 pm - 9:00 p.m.
Meet Dick Dale, proud dad of a dog adopted from MPR in 2007
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MPR holds Adoption Events on a regular basis to allow the public to meet our dogs, talk to our volunteers about Pit Bull ownership, ask question and spend individual time with a dog they might be interested to adopt.
Please email us if you want to know which dog will be attending this event.
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MPR will once again have a booth at the 2008 HOME SHOW and
FLOWER, LAWN & GARDEN SHOW.
Ready to start your next remodeling project? Need advice for changing your dEcor and design? Searching for the right look for your lawn and garden?
Ready to adopt a new companion to enrich your home?
It’s one-stop shopping in one spectacular location March 27-30 when the Greater Kansas City HOME SHOW once again joins together with the Kansas City Flower, Lawn & Garden Show at Bartle Hall for four fabulous days! Please email us if you want to know which dog will be attending this event. |
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CHAIN OF REALITY EVENT - Spay and Neuter Kansas City (SNKC) is hosting a week-long event to bring an increased public awareness to pet overpopulation in Kansas City. The goal of this event is to bring more support to spay and neutering and to help decrease the surplus of pets. Decreasing the surplus of pets will in turn lessen shelter intake and fewer animals will have to be euthanized. Chain of Reality Event * Union Station *
March 17 - March 22 |
| Be a Voice for Those Who Can't Speak - SUPPORT BILL SB 819 — To Increase Penalties for Dog Fighting - SB 819 would give the Show Me State stiffer laws against dog fighting. The bill, sponsored by Senator Scott Rupp, would add dog fighting to the list of offenses that are subject to the Criminal Activity Forfeiture Act. It would increase the penalty for being a spectator at a dog fighting event, and allow law enforcement officers making a lawful seizure to take possession of dogs and property used in the violation. This bill is pending in the Senate Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. |
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| Pit bull owner pleads guilty to animal abuse - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Southeast Portland woman who repeatedly kicked and beat her pit bull has pleaded guilty to animal abuse charges. The case generated headlines in October 2007 when Crystal Sellers was charged with physically abusing a docile and submissive pit bull who showed no signs of aggression. |
$7,000 reward in abused pit bull case - Pensacola, FL - A $7,000 reward is being offered for any information leading to the arrest of anyone responsible for abandoning a pit bull outside a door at a Cantonment school. Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at (850) 436-7867 or the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida at (954) 727-2733. |
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The Oasis Of My Soul - Read about the adventures of Ara and a Brindle Pit Bull named Spirit, as they cook, write, photograph and travel across the country on a motorcycle with a sidecar. See what this duo is up this March.
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Society looking to find seized dogs loving homes - SIKESTON — Pit bulls seized late last year during a Stoddard County dogfighting bust aren't living happily ever after — yet the opportunity to do so is definitely there.
... Since it began accepting applications for the dogs, the Humane Society of Missouri has placed one animal with the rescue group out of Kansas City, which has also expressed interest in a second animal, Hill said. It's also working with another rescue group in California that received one of the dogs from the Michael Vick case, she said. |
Missouri: SB 886 Regulates the Dog, Not the Breed
SB 886 - Dangerous Dogs
Sponsor(s): Senator Jolie Justus
ASPCA Position: Support
Action Needed: Please email our letter to your state senator and members of the Missouri State Senate Economic Development, Tourism and Local Government Committee to express your support for this bill.
Sponsored by Senator Jolie Justus, SB 886 would allow any Missouri village, town or city to adopt regulations to control vicious or dangerous dogs-but importantly, the bill prevents communities from discriminating against any breed of dog.
Dogs are individuals: any dog can bite. Citizens should be protected from vicious and dangerous dogs of all breeds or mixes. Discriminating against certain breeds of dogs fails to protect the public and penalizes responsible dog owners.
Your letter will be sent to:
- Your State Senator or Senators
- Senator John E. Griesheimer
- Senator Jack Goodman
- Senator Harry Kennedy
- Senator Ryan Glennon McKenna
- Senator Carl M. Vogel
- Senator Wes Shoemyer
- Senator Jason G. Crowell
- Senator Michael R. Gibbons
- Senator Kevin Engler
- Senator Victor Callahan
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| 2/27/2008 - Malmo, NE - Ordinance Banning Vicious Dogs - Malmo is a village in Saunders County, in the Omaha-Council Bluffs metro area. The Malmo Village Board held a second reading on a new ordinance banning vicious dogs from the community.
Village Board member Jeannette Bennett said that the ordinance would include not only wolf/dog hybrids, but would also apply to Rottweilers, Staffordshire terriers and pit bulls.
Should the ordinance pass after its third reading in March, the regulation would require animals meeting these criteria to be removed from the village, and would apply both to animals already in town as well as any new animals that were brought in.
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| 2/25/2008 - Missouri - Lawmaker Pushes Dog Attack Bill - A Missouri lawmaker is pushing a bill aimed at reducing the number of vicious dog attacks. A Senate committee is hearing testimony about the bill on Monday (March 3, 2008). The proposal would penalize dog owners if their pets injure people or property. |
| 2/21/2008 - Missouri - Bill pulling teeth from pit-bull specific ordinances heard in Senate - Anti-BSL bill heard in Senate (Missouri). Sen. Jolie Justus, a Kansas City Democrat, presented a bill in committee that would prohibit cities from adopting breed-specific dangerous-dog ordinances. If approved, Justus’ bill would void all previous ordinances and prohibit any new ones from discriminating by breed. |
| CENTERFOLD March 2008 |
Blue Ice |
Look at those baby blues... How could anyone leave such gem out in the cold to starve and freeze? Blue Ice is another poor dog found freezing in the cold, with frost bite on his feet and tail and slowly starving to death.
Blue was found as a stray wandering the streets in freezing temps. He had frostbite in several areas on his legs and tail, along with a few cuts and scrapes. A good samaritan took him in, and had him checked out by a vet. He's now on his way to recovery!
Blue is very eager to please as well as an entertaining and silly boy! He is so happy when he sees anyone that his tail spins like a windmill.
Besides Blue's gorgeous eyes, his best feature is he so happy! It's impossible to look at him and not smile. When Irish Eyes are smiling ... they'll steal your heart away! |
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| FEATURED VOLUNTEER March 2008 |
Melanie & Scott Gipson |
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Melanie and Scott are currently fostering Butterball and Blue Ice. They are such a great foster home for MPR and have fostered Dionysus, Jude, Pecan Pie, Butterball, Candied Yam, Apple Crumb and Blue Ice.
Melanie is on the email response team, the Fundraising Team, and maintains the foster/volunteer database. Shes's also helped at events, set up fundraisers, and is learning how to perform homechecks. Scott creates flyers and other graphic materials for special events.
Melanie has always been passionate about helping animals. She had decided to volunteer with an animal group, and together, Scott and she decided pitbulls needed the most help. Melanie found MPR and after looking at the faces of the foster dogs, they couldn't resist opening their home to a homeless pittie.
Melanie says, "Volunteering and Fostering with MPR has been such a great experience for us. The feeling of helping a deserving dog find a perfect home is so rewarding."
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Thank you Melanie and Scott for the difference you're making in the lives of homeless pit bulls! You guys rock!!!
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| PRODUCTS March 2008 |
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| HAPPY ENDINGS February 2008 |
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