Sunday 12 July

Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009
Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm
Location: Unleashed Dog Park
Street: 5151 Samuel Blvd.
City/Town: Dallas, TX

You have seen the victims. They don't get to live and play with their families. They sit on the end of a chain. And life passes them by.

This year, Animal Connection of Texas hopes to bring attention to the plight of dogs on chains by participating in an event started by Dogs Deserve Better: The 2009 Chain-Off.

What is Chain Off?

Chain Off has been held annually around the 4th of July since 2004, highlighting the reality that while Americans are celebrating their own freedom, there are tens of thousands of Man's Best Friends in every state who are still not free: America's chained and penned dogs. These dogs are found in backyards stretching from Delaware to Alaska, from Maine to Hawaii, throughout the provinces of Canada, and in countries around the world.

Chain Off has evolved from one woman chaining herself to a doghouse in 2004 for 33 hours, to 85 people chaining themselves in 23 states during last year's 2008 Chain Off to raise awareness for chained dogs.

Here are the details for Chain-Off 2009: What: Chain Off When: Sunday, July 12th, 10 am - 6 pm Where: Unleashed Dog Park, 5151 Samuel Blvd, Dallas



How can you help?

1. Join the "Unchain Gang"! Live like a dog for a memorable 8 hours in the heat at the end of a chain.

2. Don't tolerate the heat or have a day to spare? Join us for any amount of time during the day on Sunday to pass out literature.

3. Short on time? You can support Dogs Deserve Better by making a donation through Marie's page (http://www.firstgiving.com/actformarie) or by making a donation to ACT by logging in to your PayPal account and finding us by our email address: animalconnectiontx@yahoo.com.

4. Lastly, and most importantly, educate your friends and neighbors. Their fur children are a part of the family. Family members do not belong on chains. We have literature that can help you in this effort.

We would like to send a special thanks to our friends at Unleashed Dog Park who are helping us to get this message out and to Dogs Deserve Better, for all their work on behalf of chained dogs.