Local animal rescue group in national spotlight on Super Bowl Sunday (2024)

DANNY NEW ABC NEWS NEW YORK WELCOME BACK AND COVERING YOUR COMMUNITY A LOCAL RESCUE IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY. NOT FOR THE FOOTBALL GAME, BUT THE POPULAR PUPPY BOWL. THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS ANIMALS AND RESCUES AND SHELTERS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND THAT INCLUDES RIGHT HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. JOINING ME. FROM BARK PINES ANIMAL RESCUE AND LOXAHATCHEE ELIZABETH HUR AND STEVE ACCOMANDO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND MR. BEAN MR. B CONGRATULATIONS, MR. BEAN. AND MR. BEAN HAS QUITE. THE STORY. I DON’T KNOW IF PEOPLE CAN TELL, BUT MR. BEAN ONLY HAS TWO HIND LEGS HERE. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT MR. BEAN? SO MR. BEAN WAS ACTUALLY FOUND AS A STRAY AND TAKEN TO PALM BEACH COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL, WHERE THEY IMMEDIATELY CALLED US BECAUSE OUR MISSION FOCUSES ON RESCUING THE URGENT DOGS FROM THAT SHELTER. AND OF COURSE, WE WENT RIGHT AWAY AND PICKED HIM UP AND YEAH, THE REST IS HISTORY. AS THEY SAY. AND SO DO WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM. THEY BELIEVE HE WAS BORN THIS WAY. OUR VET SAID, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, HE DOES HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A FOREARM, BUT NOT VERY MUCH. BUT HE GETS AROUND GREAT, JUST WALKS ON HIS HIND LEGS. YEAH. NOW HE DOES. UH, WHEN WE FIRST GOT HIM, HE DID NOT KNOW HOW. AND HE DID NOT HAVE THE STRENGTH IN HIS HIND LEGS. SO HE WOULD TRY TO STAND UP AND HE WOULD KIND OF FALL DOWN. SO WE MADE HIM A LITTLE CHIN CUSHION, BUT HE HATED. BUT LITTLE BY LITTLE WE WERE ABLE TO TEACH HIM HOW TO STAND. AND HE AS HIS LEGS STRENGTHENED, HE WAS ABLE TO WALK ON HIS HIND LEGS AND HAS BEEN ADOPTED. BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SEVERAL MORE ANIMALS AT THE SHELTER THAT WOULD LOVE A FOREVER HOME. MANY MORE. YES. SO, YOU KNOW, IT’S SO CRITICAL TO SPREAD THE WORD OF ADOPTING ESPECIALLY SHELTER, PETS AND THOSE WITH SPECIAL ABILITIES. YOU KNOW, THEY JUST MAKE AMAZING COMPANIONS. THEY’RE LOVING AND LOYAL AND IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT. SO. SO HOW DID MR. BEAN GET INVITED TO THE PUPPY BOWL? HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN? WELL, THEY ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO US THROUGH AN EMAIL. AND WHEN I FIRST READ IT, I WAS LIKE, OH, THIS IS A SCAM, I KNOW, RIGHT? THAT’S WHAT I RIGHT AWAY NOWADAYS SCAM. BUT I DID A LITTLE INVESTIGATING. IT WAS LIKE, NO, IT’S LEGIT. AND I CALLED THEM UP AND THEY ASKED IF WE HAD ANY DOGS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS THAT THEY WANTED TO SHOWCASE AND BRING AWARENESS TO SPECIAL NEEDS DOGS. SO I TOLD THEM ABOUT MR. BEANS AND SOME VIDEOS, AND THEY’RE LIKE, YES, WE WANT HIM. WE NEED HIM TO REALLY SHOW JUST HOW INCREDIBLE THEY ARE. AND THAT’S FANTASTIC. WELL, WE CAN’T WAIT TO WATCH AND PEOPLE CAN DO THAT DURING THE SUPER BOWL, RIGHT? WELL, ACTUALLY IT STARTS AT 2 P.M. OKAY. IT’S EARLIER IN THE DAY, EARLIER IN THE DAY. PREGAME STARTS AT 1:00. SO YOU GET TO SEE ALL THE PRE-GAME AND EVERYTHING. YEAH I LOVE IT. ALL THE ANTICS IN. AND YOU CAN WATCH IT ON ANIMAL PLANET DISCOVERY PLUS. AWESOME. YEAH VERY COOL. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE HOW MR. BEANS DOES. IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT BARKY PINES RESCUE AND MISTER BEAN, GO TO OUR WEBSITE. LIKE WE SAID, HE’S BEEN ADOPTED, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY WONDERFUL ANIMAL