Information and photos from this incident, including the woman’s license plate, have been shared with the New Orleans Police Department.

And because of all of these reasons, we will be halting all public tours to the facility. But more bothersome is that it has pushed past simply being ‘crazy’ part has now moved into being flat out dangerous for my family, my workers and the dogs. All my employees started coming out and chasing her and yelling at her, trying to look for things to throw at her, taking pictures and it was enough to scare her off.Īccording to the interview, the woman was only about 20 feet away from Tia when one of her staff threw a coffee on the windshield of the minivan, causing her to swerve. Tia relays the incident more in-depth on VRC’s Facebook page, and it’s even more frightening than the news interview.Īfter one of Tia’s employees threw the coffee, the woman “quickly re-gained control of her vehicle and caught up to and began to circle as tried to get out of the way.” Ultimately, it was Tia’s staff taking photos of the woman’s vehicle that saved Tia’s life.ĭue to this incident, VRC made the decision to no longer give public tours. She went around behind me and then came around behind me and I just kept backing up backwards to get away from her. Speaking to WDSU in an interview, Tia relayed the incident and the quick thinking of her staff.

Tia’s employees’ cause for concern was very real as this woman had gotten in her minivan and was driving directly towards Tia, who is currently on crutches (unrelated to the incident in question). The woman then yelled out, ‘I’m going to ‘f’n’ (she said the entire word) kill this b*****!’ I kept walking until …….I heard my other employees start screaming my name. So Joe (our parolee), Beatrice (the dog) and myself walked away to avoid any confrontation. The more I kept trying to explain this, the more combative she became. Sharing on VRC’s Facebook page, Tia wrote: Tia tried to explain this to the woman but that’s when the trouble began. At that point, Tia and Joe knew that the dog in question, Beatrice, wasn’t this woman’s as Beatrice is approximately eight–months old. When asked when this woman’s dog went missing, she responded about two years ago. On June 8th, a visitor confronted founder Tia Torres and Joe, a parolee, over a dog that was in the care of VRC that she claimed was hers. The rescue itself, along with its retail shop and bar, are still very much in operation. Villalobos Rescue Center (VRC) in New Orleans, Louisiana – the rescue behind the hit television show Pit Bulls & Parolees – held its last public tour on June 11, 2016.

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