Making a Difference: In the struggling Motor City, where 4 out of 5 stray dogs are euthanized, a local rapper has made it his mission to find homes for dozens of man's best friends. NBC's Kevin Tibbles reports. (Nightly News)
With almost military precision, DDR volunteers comb backstreets and alleyways looking for dogs. With a caravan of SUVs and pickup trucks, they seek out canines that are always hungry, often sick and frightened. So far this year, dozens of strays have been taken from the streets and placed in foster homes or adopted by new families
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Detroit Dog Rescue, a group working to save strays on the mean streets of the Motor City, was down to their last $43 after paying some vet bills. But after Kevin Tibbles' report on their efforts aired, they received more than $25,000 in contributions from generous viewers.
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The co-founders of "Detroit Dog Rescue," Monica Martino and a local rapper known as Hush, talk about how astounded they were by the outpouring of donations after their story was profiled on NBC Nightly News.
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DETROIT (WJBK) - Dozens of dogs were stuffed in kennels and locked in rooms at two homes on Ewers on Detroit's southwest side. Rescue organizations took 25 dogs, most of them pit bulls, out of the houses Wednesday night."You could smell the urine and the feces," said Hush with Detroit Dog Rescue. [...]
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[...] There is an estimate of thousands and thousands of dogs on the streets. Detroit has a real problem. But one man is doing his part to give these dogs a chance. Hush is a local rapper and head of the Detroit Dog Rescue. His mission is to capture the thousands of stray dogs in Detroit. [...]
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[...] teenagers with guns shot the dogs for no reason. [...] The family didn't know where else to turn, so we called Detroit Dog Rescue and they came to the rescue, checking out Mellow's injuries. [...]
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Daniel "Hush" Carlisle and Monica Martino talk to CNN's Randi Kaye about the organization.
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