Last Day On a Chain

Mike Bizelli is a veteran photographer and photojournalist with a long history of working for the betterment of animals. In September 1977 Mike started an 18-year career at the Ralston Purina Company in St. Louis (now Nestle Purina) as a corporate photographer. He photographed every kind of animal during that time. Mike started Bizelli Photography in August 1995. In the fall of 1999 he documented his first animal rescue, a sub-standard puppy mill near St. Louis, for the Humane Society of Missouri. Mike started contracting with the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) in 2010. Together for these agencies Mike has documented over 100 animal rescues of one sort or another.