Celebrities Join Animal Advocate Television

Celebrities and Their Pets to Join Animal Advocate Television 2012 Season

Show Debuts in March by Kicking Off New Segment: “Celebrity Corner”

MILWAUKEE, WI – Animal Advocate Television (AATV), Wisconsin’s exclusive animal welfare show begins its seventh season premiere on Saturday, March 3rd on WMLW. In what promises to be an exciting year for its loyal followers, the show’s Producer, Debra Lopez, is debuting a new segment titled “Celebrity Corner.” This portion of the show will feature well-known local and national celebrity guest stars and their pets. AATV is honored to announce that its first “Celebrity Corner” guest will be Super Bowl Champion and Green Bay Linebacker, A.J. Hawk.

AATV will continue offering its educational and informational segments through animal care and welfare experts as part of its mission to foster national and international prevention of cruelty to animals by aiding in their safety and welfare. AATV is a remarkable vehicle for raising public awareness on a variety of important animal welfare issues, while paying tribute to the compassionate people and organizations that are in the trenches every day caring for the animals.

AATV is a public education and animal welfare awareness campaign produced by Animal Fairy Charities, Inc. The show is sponsored by Dr. Jodie (Animal Doctor), Milwaukee Emergency Center for Animals; Dr. Claudeen E. McAuliffe, Manager with the Behavior Department of the Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha County; Bark n’ Scratch Outpost; and Fetch magazine.

AATVs success continues to grow with each new season by expanding it reach and connecting with new audiences, enabling it to bring increased awareness to local animal shelters and horse rescues, and encouraging the public to foster and adopt animals in need. The show also informs and educates viewers about critical state and federal animal welfare legislation, teaches children compassion at an early age and encourages parents to support their children’s healthy attitudes toward and relationships with animals.

Animal Advocate Television (AATV) is dedicated to ensuring that our animals are given the compassion and quality of life they deserve. Therefore, AATV takes pride in showing viewers the unwavering dedication given to them by the Milwaukee community, animal rescue and welfare groups and others.

Animal Fairy Charities is an all-volunteer 501(c)3 based animal welfare non-profit organization, that distributes funds in support of the missions of other animal non-profit organizations using a federated (i.e. United Way) method. In addition, Animal Fairy Charities educates and engages young children in compassion through the positive interaction with animals.

For more information, visit www.animalfairycharities.org

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Help Us, Help Bruno

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Debra Lopez, AFC President and Co-Founder

info@animalfairycharities.org or

(262) 989-0604

BRUNO GETS HELP FROM THE ANIMAL FAIRY

Animal Fairy Charities Helps Bruno with Medical Expenses

and to Find His Forever Home

MILWAUKEE, WI – Animal Fairy Charities (AFC) brings awareness of Bruno’s story to help raise needed funds for the extensive care and recovery he desperately needs. Bruno, a critically injured and abandoned puppy from Chicago, is in Milwaukee for the therapy required to save his life, allow him to recover the feeling and use of his lower extremities and enable him to walk.

Due to acute injuries suffered after his birth, Bruno was unable to use his back legs and completely unable to walk, pulling himself around using only his front legs. Because his owners didn’t want the expense of time or money to care for him, they took him away from his mother prematurely and discarded him in an alley. At approximately four weeks of age, he found himself completely alone and his new home, a garbage dump. When Bruno was discovered, he was taken to Chicago Animal Control, where a volunteer took his picture and posted it on Facebook in a plea to find a rescue. Through the mass public attention he gained, Bruno was taken in by Castaway Pet Rescue, Inc. www.castawaypetrescue.org, a 501(c)3 non-profit, volunteer-based rescue, which cares for and provides medical treatment to homeless dogs. Bruno’s Facebook fans grew to 5,000 in a short time and he is currently in a loving foster home, which is trying to give him a chance at life. Despite his severe disabilities, his inability to urinate, and the vet initially delivering solemn news for his recovery or rehabilitation, his foster family and the rescue community are determined not to give up on him. His foster dad made him a wheelchair, and through daily therapy treatments, such as acupuncture and care from a vet who specializes in problems like Bruno’s, he is responding, and can now urinate and wag his tail. With extensive treatment, he is expected to make a full recovery and walk one day, however, the therapy he needs is expensive, and he needs your help.

"I was lucky enough to meet Bruno while filming a segment for Animal Advocate Television (AATV) www.animaladvocatetv.com," says Lopez. "This guy is currently with a foster mom with Castaway Pet Rescue, Inc. but will need a forever home. It is still undetermined if Bruno will ever be able to regain his strength in his lower body that would enable him to walk and/or have feeling in his lower extremities. AFC was so inspired by Bruno that we will be dedicating our premier 2012 season of AATV to him in an effort to raise funds for his medical care and to find Bruno his forever home.” Lopez added.

AFC is also offering prints of Bruno, courtesy of Brittany Farina , a talented and up-and-coming artist from Wisconsin in which 50% of all proceeds will be used to help with his medical costs.

Animal Fairy Charities is an all-volunteer 501(c)3 non-profit animal welfare organization that raises awareness and distributes funds in support of the missions of other animal non-profit organizations, in addition to educating and engaging children through positive interaction with animals.

For more information, visit www.animalfairycharities.org

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