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Dog the Bounty Hunter's fans are playing offense with the A&E Network. Dismayed over A&E's pulling of "Dog the Bounty Hunter", fans are letting the network know just exactly how they feel about the decision.

Petitions to reinstate the show are circulating all over the Internet. There are six listed at the end of this story. If you haven't registered your support for the Bounty Hunter, there's no time like the present.

The DBKP petition will be sent off to the Art & Entertainment Network in a little over three days. The same petition is posted at a couple other locations. All three will be consolidated and sent in one long email to A&E, along with any comments by the signers.

We are also going to be following up with a phone call to A&E to make sure the right person received it and to gauge any reactions.

If there's a spare pineapple around the house, you might consider sending it to A&E as a statement of support for the Dog. Or you might send a fresh one along.

More information on this novel approach from "Pineapple Drive to Save Dog the Bounty Hunter":

As Fans of Dog the Bounty Hunter and Duane "Dog" Chapman we feel that we have no choice but to fight for what we believe in and that's for Dog. We sprang into action the moment news of him being pulled from A&E's television schedule hit the airways. This never should have happened. There is one thing that no one counted on: the fans. We are many and loyal to Dog, no matter what. All we want is our Dog back on television where he belongs so his message of second chances can be heard. That's why we're sending thousands of pineapples to A&E.

The idea of sending pineapples to A&E came about because we knew that A&E may not listen to phone calls or emails. The only thing that they would get noticed was physical action. By any means necessary is the only thing that we knew would bring Dog the Bounty Hunter back to television.

The message of sending one item to a network has succeeded in the past. The biggest example of this is the television show Jericho, which was to be taken off air. A grassroots network arranged for peanuts to be sent to the network. They succeeded in sending 20 tons of peanuts to the network to make a statement.

A truly new idea in the history of protests by Orato. As one commenter put it:
Austrailian Fan, Lelandisms101

I suggest everyone send Pineapples to A&E demanding Dog's return.

Here is their address:

235 EAST 45TH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10017

The fresher the better, but we're not fussy - anything PINEAPPLE...Canned, fresh, juice, just bombard them with Pineapples until they return Dog to our screens.

If 20 tonnes of Peanuts worked to get Jericho back, let them eat pineapples so we can get out Dog back.
Thanks!!!

Dog has his fans Down Under.

We received word of the Dog Rally in NYC on December 13 from a commenter yesterday and post the information and some additional info on how you can participate if you're in the area.

If you're not in the area, December 13 might be a good day to "Pick up the phone for Dog". Let A&E know exactly how you feel about the pulling of the "Dog the Bounty Hunter" show from the line-up.

D Sampson RALLY FOR DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER DECEMBER 13, 2007 12 NOON A&E Television Networks 235 EAST 45TH STREET NEW YORK,NEW YORK COME AND JOIN IN THIS RALLY FOR DUANE DOG CHAPMAN AND HIS POSSE-BRING DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER BACK TO TELEVISION. Do not let a television network and it’s sponsors dictate to people what they are going to watch without asking the viewers or checking the ratings first.

DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER WAS A&E’S TOP RATED SHOW! We the people, the fans, made that happen-Lets do it again!!!!!! DOG CHAPMAN IS AN ICON-BIGGER THEN LIFE. DOG CHAPMAN HAS THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY, AS WE ALL DO! FIGHT FOR THAT RIGHT,FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT FOR DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER TO RETURN TO TELEVISION.

BRING YOUR POSTERS,WEAR YOUR SHIRTS,HATS,AND ANYTHING ELSE DOG RELATED. BRING YOUR VOICE TO BE HEARD.BRING YOUR “ALOHA” SPIRIT. FIGHT FOR DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER TO GET THAT SECOND CHANCE- HE WOULD DO AS MUCH OR MORE FOR YOU

More from Dog Supporter on the rally:

As well as the protest in NY, December 13th will be National/Global Dog day! There’s so many people that can’t get to the protest that would like to, so lets get the word around that on December 13th whilst the protest is on, everyone either wears their Dog shirt, or something to do with the Dog, or contacts A&E on: (212) 210-9018
Everyone can help out… even if they can’t be in New York - tell A&E to look out of the window at the protest outside their gates!!!
If you dont have a Dogshirt for that day, you can order one easily at

Dog the Bounty.com Shop

Also, from Dog Supporter, information on how to join the Yum Brands Boycott

Yum Brands pulled all their ads from Dog The Bounty Hunter and helped force AE to cancel the show. Today we are beginning a boycott of ALL Yum Brands till they agree to back of their boycott of AE because of Dog and agree to advertise on Dog’s show again. Yum Fast Food companies are, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Kentucky, A&W, Long John Silvers and Wingstreets. It will show them how much we miss Dog and hurt them in their business, which hopefully force them to do the right thing and get back to supporting Dog and his crew. Dog has helped a lot of people and done a lot of good work. Its time to move on, forgive and get him back to work. Not only will you help Dog, you will probably help your health avoiding this companies high calorie junk food.

Check out the site for information on who to write at Yum Brands. If pressure is put on Yum Brands, their pressure on A&E will carry a lot of weight.

And lastly, if you haven't yet signed a petition for the Dog, here are the locations of several and their locations on the Internet.

Locations of Dog the Bounty Hunter Petitions:

Keep Dog the Bounty Hunter

Keep Dog the Bounty Hunter Going

Save Dog the Bounty Hunter

Dog Back Petition

Put Dog the Bounty Hunter Back on the Air

Dog the Bounty Hunter Petition to A&E

The fans of the Bounty Hunter show, Duane Chapman and his family and all the cast and crew memebers are sure to appreciate any or all actions taken by the show's fans to help reinstate the show.

The latest efforts include: pineapples, boycotts, petitions, a rally and some phone calls.

Something for anybody who'd like to curl up on Thursday with a good Dog.

by Mondoreb
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Tired of sitting on the sidelines in the Dog debate? Why not let your fingers do the talking? Want to drop Yum Brands an email and tell them you want the Bounty Hunter back on the air or you'll drop them? Drop over to: Dogsupporter's Weblog for the scoop on how to let Yum Brands know how you feel.

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DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER-Canceled-UPDATES:

Dog "Duane" Chapman, Day 6 in the continuing story of Dog the Bounty Hunter, the tapes of his cellphone call to his son about his son's girlfriend. Throughout the tapes, Dog can be heard using the N-word repeatedly, but says that he doesn't care if the girl is black or not and is more concerned with her character than the color of her skin.

Dog's spiritual adviser, Tim Storey, then issued statements repeating Chapman's remorse at his language. Storey also related that for the last year, he's been working with the Bounty Hunter to clean up his speech in general. Storey is black and testified that Chapman's use of the N-word was not hate-directed.

"Dog the Bounty Hunter" is first pulled from the air and then production is canceled by the Arts & Entertainment Network. A & E's statement seems to leave the door open that the popular series might resume at a later date, however.

FAN REACTION:Fan speculation has been both passionate and continuing. From the letters, comments and browsing, it seems that fan reaction is running about 80% in favor of the Bounty Hunter. The most common response seems to be "He shouldn't have said it, but he was on a private cellphone to his son. Get the show back on the air."

Of course, with any large group of people, you have people at both extremes of the issue. Some want Chapman's hide, some use the incident to spew slanderous things. But, on the whole for a story which stirred some passions, the reaction has been mostly passionate, but reasonable.

Chapman, upon the release of the tapes, apologized and expressed the wish to meet with black leaders and make amends. Tamkika Mallory, a member of Al Sharpton's group called for the show to be off the air at about the same time it was going down. This weekend, Sharpton himself issued a statement which called on Dog to march in an anti-hate demonstration at Jena, LA. No reaction from Dog on the Sharpton proposal.

Meanwhile, we also learned this weekend that Chapman's son, Tucker, sold the tapes for a "large sum of money" to the National Enquirer, which had released them. This wasn't the first time Tucker Chapman had sold the tabloids information on his perp-tracking father.

Tucker Chapman appears to have violated Hawaii law by making the tapes of the cellphone call without his father's knowledge.

That's where the situation stands now. Not much happening and it seems that Dog is laying low and taking the stand that "no news is good news."

Expect to hear more on this later today as everyone involved returns to their workaday routine after this bizarre and unfortunate incident.

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by Mondoreb



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