To Adopt or Not to Adopt? That is the Question! February 20, 2008
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UK cats dogs adopt Life in Cold Blood
Here's a special guest blog from Martin with peta2 UK.
Looking at the news today I find it alarming that there has been a sudden increase in the sales of reptiles due to the David Attenborough program on BBC1, Life in Cold Blood. Now don't get me wrong, I have watched most of the series and it is amazing, but I can't see how and why after seeing these beautiful creatures in their natural habitat you would then want to confine them to a shortened, miserable life in captivity.
On a different note, with the current release against the AKC I thought I should mention the UK. Millions of animals go through shelters in this country and by buying from a breeder you are putting a dog that would otherwise have had a chance of being the perfect companion to death. Both me and Violet in the PETA UK office have rescued animals. So I though we should introduce you to them.
Check out Delilah. Basically she rocks. She's a 2 year old American Bulldog who we rescued from this shelter. After searching for ages and waiting till my home life was right to commit to 2 hours walking a day and the inevitable expense of food and vet bills we went to meet her and she is a crazy.
This is Dorian (aka Mr. Cuddles). According to Violet, he smells like cherries, he's very handsome and he's gay.
Peace
Martin
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Aw! They're adorable!
Meet Tess, our adopted Border Collie:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y165/insanestar/Tess/Frisbee-resting.jpg
And Bob and boB, our adopted giant African land snails:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y165/insanestar/BobsandCucumber.jpg
(All three were adopted from families who could no longer care for them.)
I'm a Girl Guide leader here in the UK and, every year, we take our older girls to the local shelter so they can learn about adopting animals and responsible 'pet ownership'.
Posted by: Little_Lotte at February 21, 2008 7:06 AMI adopted an adult 1 year old (adorable) kitty and it's the best decision I ever made. I was about to buy a kitten but after visiting a local shelter, I almost cried seeing all the homeless and unwanted animals. I basically fell in love and took kitty home that same visit. Adoption is the best choice.
Posted by: Vicki at February 22, 2008 2:24 AMAww they're so cute, god bless.
Posted by: Stephanie at February 23, 2008 4:54 AMaww they're so cute!
i adopted my kitten, i love her to death!
she's the best pet i ever had [[:
plus, i named her Godzilla.
& she's ADORABLE.
yaya adopted animals [:
awww they're gorgeous!!!!!!!!!
my family have adopted 2 cats (Dusty, m, 21 months, and Angel, f, exact age unknown because she was part feral, but around 5/6 months), and 3 rabbits, we adopted 2 (Star, f and Jingle, m, brother and sister) but Jingle got colic :( and you can guess the rest :( so we got Ruffy because we didn't want Star to spend the rest of her life on her own apart from when we give her a fuss and a cuddle. I love all my animals!
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OHH MY CAT'S BISEXUAL!!!
Posted by: millie szilagyi at February 20, 2008 9:25 PM