A month after more than 100 area animal-lovers pledged to get paw-print tattoos to lure Rescue Ink to town, the TV tough guys are bringing their act to Baltimore.
Rescue Ink, a nonprofit group based in Long Island, N.Y., is a band of muscled and tattooed men with a message of compassion for animals.
The tattoo pledge began in late September on the The Baltimore Sun's n the aftermath of a summer of incidents of animal cruelty in the city, and caught the attention of producers of the show Rescue Ink does for the National Geographic Channel.
Two roommates offered to throw a fundraiser at a Baltimore bar. Charm City Cakes threw in a pledge of a bakery gift certificate - and manager Mary Alice Yeskey said she would get a tattoo.
In the meantime, the Baltimore Humane Society stepped in to help, offering the show the use of its Reisterstown property and money to get the Rescue Ink guys to town.
The Baltimore Tattoo Museum offered to donate the time of its artists, with the proceeds from tattoos being split between the Humane Society and Rescue Ink.
A tattoo fest will take place from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Tattoo Museum.
The Rescue Ink men will be at the Humane Society on Oct. 25. More details of their visit are expected to be figured out in coming days.
