The Animal Planet show is returning on Jan. 2 with a special look back at all the amazing work of Tia Torres and the Villalobos Rescue Center Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

In this Oct. 10, 2013, photo, Tia Maria Torres, star of Animal Planet’s “Pit Bulls and Parolees,” is licked by a pit bull during the filming of an episode of the show's fifth season in New Orleans.

As VRC braces for Hurricane Barry, Tia and her crew ensure the animals' safety and Mariah and Earl tend to a stray Labradoodle that has been shot. Later, a cancer survivor hopes to rescue an unwanted ...

Earl talks about getting sober again on the latest Pit Bulls and Parolees The latest Pit Bulls and Parolees is an emotional ride as we see star Earl Moffett come out of rehab and trying to get sober ...

Woman rescues pit bulls and parolees Tia Maria Torres started Villalobos Rescue Center, the largest pit bull rescue in the country, and began using the center to help ex-cons. It's been tough to ...

Animal Planet wants reality series “Pit Bulls and Parolees” to “stay.” The cable channel has renewed the show for a 10-episode Season 8, ahead of its milestone 100th episode. The 100th episode will ...

It's a major milestone for Tia Torres and the New Orleans-based Villalobos Rescue Center. Torres has dedicated her life to Villalobos, the U.S.'s largest pit bull rescue center, and to helping pit ...

NEW ORLEANS — A pit bull is trapped at the bottom of a pumping station near a New Orleans levee. Rescuers joined by a Louisiana prison inmate out on work release are frantically seeking to pull the ...

Tia Torres and a team of parolees work together to rescue and rehabilitate pit bulls at the Villalobos Rescue Center, the largest pit bull rescue facility in the country. Tia Torres and her team of ...