What’s New: Rescue Ink Unleashed, National Geographic Channel

What’s New: “Rescue Ink Unleashed” series on the National Geographic Channel

What It Is: Weekly one-hour TV series on the National Geographic Channel (10pm ET/PT) documenting the activities of the Rescue Ink animal activists. Premiers Friday, Sept. 25, 2009.

This new series takes a look at a unique group of animal activists named Rescue Ink. The Long Island-based group is made up of over 1,700 pounds of muscle and over 80 tattoos–and an unending devotion to helping out animals, whether that means abused dogs, cats caught in a hoarding situation, or chickens loose in a Queens neighborhood.

Video:
In this clip from the premier episode, “It’s a Cruel, Cruel World,” Rescue Ink comes to the help of a hospitalized US veteran whose two pit bulls and cats are going unfed in the city’s projects.

Related Book: September also marks the release of Rescue Ink: How Ten Guys Saved Countless Dogs and Cats, Twelve Horses, Five Pigs, One Duck,and a Few Turtles, published by Viking. Author Denise Flaim recounts riding shotgun with the group as Rescue Ink travels and works to free animals from harmful situations.

For More Information:

• visit natgeotv.com/rescueink

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