Dog the Bounty Hunter and his new wife Francie are launching a foundation to help put an end to sex trafficking. 

Duane Chapman, AKA Dog the Bounty Hunter, has recently launched the D.O.G Foundation. The main focus of it is to rehabilitate abused women and hunt down traffickers. 

"Dog and I know that God brought us together in the most miraculous way for His purpose — to bring glory to Him and to the Kingdom," says Francie in a recent interview. 

The idea for this foundation came up after Francie was talking with a close friend, Katie Sousa, who runs a prison ministry called Expected End Ministries. 

"[Katie] and I have this heart for women who have been abused and are coming out of drugs and sex trafficking and abusive situations. Katie and I both have come out of the drug world, the street life, and so that really was huge on our hearts." 

Chapman married Francie in 2021 after both their spouses passed away. 

"Part of our plan in The D.O.G. Foundation is that we want to show these women how loved they are by the Lord. First and foremost, we want them to know because that's what changed Katie and I's life is an encounter with the Lord. Knowing how loved we are by Him and then teaching them that they can get healed from all the things that they've been through, and the lives that they were in."

For women rescued from sex trafficking, the foundation is offering a two-year spiritual healing program. 

"We want these women to get whole and healed and know who they are in the Lord and know that they can have a life that is so much greater than where they were and learn how to have a whole full life going forward," she says. "Because God's in the business of restoration and redemption, we want to help these women walk into that calling."

Bounty Hunting

Chapman will continue his bounty hunting and simply include finding traffickers as well. Helping him bring them to justice is a team of retired police officers. 

"In your early 50s, it's a mandatory retirement from the federal government. Sorry for all the youngsters out there, but the Bible says that you inherit wisdom and knowledge after 50. These guys have 20-some years left in them to hunt," says Chapman. 

The couple believe what makes them so effective for this calling to help these women is their lived experience. 

"It's about lifting them up. It's not just about letting me teach you how to do this, and then you go out and do it. It's walking alongside them. It's walking them through the pain and the trauma and the hurt and the low self-esteem. Dog and I've been there, and Katie has been there. And so, we know what it takes to help walk alongside someone and help them come up."

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