The group has attracted the attention of many wonderful stray dogs awaiting foster families.
For immediate release:
March 23, 2021
Contact:
Nicole Meyer 202-483-7382
Norfolk, Virginia. “Unlike the typical Lost Dog flyer, PETA pasted over the area around local pet stores with a photo of Flutter, who was rescued by the group and handed over to the Norfolk SPCA for adoption. PETA points out that Flutter is just one of millions animals of all ages and breeds awaiting their “missing person” and the chance to find a loving home – and people can “be that person” by finding their next family member at an animal shelter and never buying from breeders or pet stores that exacerbate the overpopulation crisis by bringing animals into a world already teeming with homeless people.
“Millions of dogs and cats lack someone to take care of them, but you don’t need to be Sherlock Holmes to solve this case,” says PETA Senior Vice President Daphne Nachminovich. “PETA encourages everyone to look for clues at their local animal shelter, where wonderful dogs of all ages are just waiting for the right family.”
PETA notes that breeders and puppy factories – huge open warehouses that keep dogs in inhuman conditions for years, sell puppies to pet stores and throw them away when they are no longer profitable – produce litter after litter of puppies, while approximately 70 million dogs and cats in the US are homeless at any given time. An estimated 10% of them end up in shelters, many of whom must eventually be euthanized for a variety of reasons, including injury, illness, old age, emotional or psychological damage, and lack of good homes. This is why PETA is in favor of adoption and encourages guardians to neuter or neuter their companion animals.
PETA, whose motto is in part that “animals are not in our hands to be abused in any way,” is opposed to arrogance, a worldview focused on human superiority. For more information please visit PETA.org or subscribe to the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram…