Hero Dog Facing Pit-bull Discrimination

A dog credited with saving the lives of her California family is desperately looking for a new home.Her owner says that despite being named one of the nation’s top ten “Valor Dogs” by the Humane Society, landlords are turning away “Diamond” because she’s a pit bull. Darryl Steen says Diamond woke him up when his apartment caught fire last October. He was able to get one of his daughters to safety by dropping her out of a window, but couldn’t reach the second child. When firefighters finally got to her, Diamond was laying on top of the girl in an effort to protect her from the flames. The dog suffered severe burns, but has recovered. More