COMPANIONS TO NONE DOCUMENTARY FILM

"They don't want to see dogs running around without their huevos."

Machismo, ignorance, religion are just some of the reasons companion animals are overpopulated and abused in Mexico. A new feature-length documentary, Companions to None, by Dallas-based filmmaker Bill Buchanan looks at this crisis for animals and the programs created by the Summerlee Foundation and Saving Animals Across Borders to help the animals, and it introduces the many heroes struggling to make life better for dogs and cats just across our border.

The film, an official selection of the Breckenridge Festival of Film and Dallas Video Festival, reveals the causes and extent of the crisis, as well as the forces delaying the fundamental solution; free and accessible sterilization of dogs and cats. "The tragic animal situation is a reflection of the tragic human situation," Christi Payne, Director of Animal Protection for the American Humane Association, suggests while working in Mexico to alleviate the pain and suffering endured by the starving, disease-ridden street dogs and cats roaming Mexico's cities and villages.

While Companions to None primarily focuses on the companion animal situation, the film's context is established by Mexico's cultural richness and physical beauty as well as the crushing economic conditions endured by the majority of the nation's human population.

Companions to None shines a harsh, truth-revealing light on how Mexican authorities deal with the problem:  Capture as many of these animals as possible, throw them into dungeons called 'antirrabicos,' and kill them in three days or fewer using unimaginably cruel, barbaric methods. As bad as it is, there is hope on the horizon.

For more information or to purchase the film visit www.companionstonone.com.