Misunderstood Men and Unwanted Dogs Redeem Each Other

In Return Of Animal Planet's "Pit Bulls & Parolees" www.vrcpitbulls.com

-- Tough-As-Nails Yet Compassionate Tia Torres Builds a Community at the Villalobos Rescue Center in Second Season of Successful and Gritty DocuDrama --

(New York, New York) -- Tia Torres has a tough life -- marriage to a convict, single mother to two daughters and adopted twin sons, and driving force behind a facility for unwanted pit bulls run by parolees... Most recently, she witnessed a huge wildfire threaten her beloved Villalobos Rescue Center -- endangering her and her staff, hundreds of animals and the only property that has been her home for more than a decade.

This fall, when the 11-episode second season of Animal Planet's PIT BULLS & PAROLEES returns on Saturday, October 30 at 10 PM (ET/PT), the drama at Villalobos has intensified. A ring of the phone brings news of a pit bull sentenced to death in a law suit with national notoriety. A parolee with a violent past is reunited with his family through his caring and gentle work with one of Tia's dogs. Mother and daughter find themselves at odds over doing what is right and doing what is legal. The already-packed shelter finds room to give a stray a second chance at the urging of a parolee desperate for the same. These stories that viewers will connect with are all in a day's work at Villalobos Rescue Center for Tia Torres...and she wouldn't have it any other way.

For Torres, the owner of Villalobos, the largest pit bull rescue center in the U.S., a deep commitment to second chances is the driving force behind her 10-acre sanctuary near Los Angeles, where outcast pit bulls receive the rehabilitation they need to move on to loving homes, and the "Underdawgz" program provides parolees with a job, a home of their own and a fresh start. Villalobos is the sanctuary and backdrop to all of the action that goes down on PIT BULLS & PAROLEES.

"Tia is a force of nature -- a resilient and powerful mother and business woman when it comes to handling her family, her pit bulls and the parolees who work for her," said Marjorie Kaplan, president and general manager of Animal Planet Media. "Her complex relationships with all of them and the depth of her compassion make for a dramatic, appealing and surprisingly human second season."
The new season takes a deeper look into Villalobos Rescue and the manner in which Tia runs the center and the Underdawgz program, while raising twin sons Kanani and Keli'I and daughters Tania and Mariah, who look to take a more active role in the center. In addition, season two dives into pasts of key the members of the "Underdawgz" -- like Jake and Armando -- and their current struggles as they fight for the pit bulls and themselves to convert their notorious reputations.

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[RainOfTears13]

Tia is the best ever. I want to work part time at Villalobos. I just feel so connected to everyone there.

[surleyguru]

@gravylegs1 That could happon to a subordinate like yourself, try being alpha its the only way to live.

[gravylegs1]

@surleyguru Or at your throat......

[surleyguru]

I will always have a pitbull at my side.

[tara2217]

know whats sad the first thing that came up when i typed pittbull, pittbull fites i cried with lyle

[tara2217]

my frend lyle made me view pitts cus he has one and if your reading this mariah from pitts and parolees ..my best frend lyle has a very big crush on you hes 13 but well he loves you

[SB129ism]

I love this.Sadly pitbulls are very misunderstood. They also have a very bad rap. I love pits and I believe that they are awesome. Don't blame the breed, Blame the deed.

[AlienXCherie]

Tia is one of my heros, and I tell yeah that is one happy dog

[nickole1990]

I will ALWAYS own a pit...they are so sweet to their owners and other people if raised right. My next one will come from an animal shelter/ pound. Thumbs Up!

[brodieannm]

Good work Tia this is a brilliant program. If anyone would like to help some Aussies rescue dogs to find home please come and see my rescue dogs video and vote vote vote (please read description) it takes a click of the mouse and you are helping to save more dogs from death row. THANK YOU SO MUCH :-)