The animal rights organization PETA has launched a new ad campaign [1] that calls out celebrities for buying their dogs instead of adopting them.
PETA’s latest campaign is a letter from “Max the shelter dog” begging “Famous people” to stop going to breeders and pet stores to get their dogs.
“I hear that some of you whose faces are on the big and small screens have spent a lot of money buying puppies from breeders. That’s why there aren’t enough homes for dogs like me. I guess I just want to know what’s wrong with me,” reads the letter, according to Page Six [2]. “Sure, I may not be a puppy — but I still have years of life ahead of me and so much love to give.”
PETA also released a separate statement in which they “point the finger” at various A-list stars like Jennifer Lopez and Viola Davis, who the anima rights group feels “could have set a positive example and saved a life by adopting a dog from an animal shelter.”
“PETA is asking Hollywood stars to inform themselves about the homeless-animal crisis and stop contributing to it, to recognize that their choices have an impact that reaches far beyond Instagram, and to show a little compassion for the 70 million homeless companion animals in the US,” the statement added.
This is not the first time that PETA has called out Jennifer Lopez and Viola Davis. Lopez was called out by the organization back in June, when the singer and actress gave her 12-year-old son Max a Goldendoodle. Davis was targeted by PETA last month, after she bought a puppy and didn’t specify if it was purchased or adopted.
“You could so easily adopt a homeless dog like me and influence so many others to do the same,” the letter continued. “But when you buy a dog and post a photo of your new ‘purebred’ puppy online, it makes things so much worse for dogs like me.”
PETA is preparing to erect a billboard that reads “Dear Famous People, Stop Buying Dogs” on Monday in Los Angeles on Melrose Avenue and Cahuenga Boulevard.
This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com [3] and is used by permission.
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