“I want the dog I saw on Instagram!”
“I need a dog that doesn’t shed.”
“Wow, adoption applications just like that hard! “
These are just a few of the excuses PETA hears from people who have made the irresponsible choice of buying dogs instead of picking them up from animal shelters. To help set the record, this never To buy dogs or any other animal, PETA enlisted the help of actor Christine Milioti and her adorable adoptive dog Rupert. In her first PETA video, Christine shares some knowledge with her millennial brethren to explain why the decision to buy a dog from a breeder, pet store, or elsewhere means the animal at a shelter loses its chance of finding a home. own.
If you really have ‘like “let me introduce you to a little life hack called Petfinder.com… It has the same filters as Tinder, but these puppies won‘I saw you in the olive orchard or Joni Mitchell’s attic‘came back to you with a piece of feta stuck to their lower lip.
—Christin Milioti for PETA
Filmed at the Margo Feiden Galleries Ltd mansion / museum in New York, Christine and Rupert in a glamorous manner remind everyone to always adopt and never buy a dog.
Christine is not only kind, she is also extremely talented. You’ve probably seen her work, be it the role of “Mom” in the popular sitcom. How I Met your motherher performance, nominated for a Tony Award at Broadway one day (yes, she sings too!) or her movie Palm Springs, nominated for two Golden Globe Awards.
Ever since the pandemic shook the world in early 2020, forcing many of us to stay at home, people have sought to add a pet to their home for company and comfort. While it was a great opportunity for more animals in shelters to find a permanent, loving home (and many of them are), it also led to an increase in the purchase of puppies. Google searches for “buy a puppy” have more than quadrupled since pandemic-related couch orders began in March 2020, making Christine’s message more important than ever.
There is no such thing as responsible purchase of an animal because the act of purchase Any sentient being always unethical. We must remember that animals are not objects. It is not a commodity to profit from, as breeders do. By bringing more puppies into the world, these breeders are contributing to the pet crisis that is causing some 70 million stray dogs and cats to survive on any given day.
At this point, most of us know that pet shops and puppies are pure evil. But this‘not only about how a dog is treated – it is‘This also applies to buying a dog when millions of people need a home but lack housing, ”explains Christine.
PETA encourages those who are truly willing to provide an animal with the careful care and proper companionship of a lifetime to adopt it from a local shelter or through a responsible adoptive group. Bottom line: never buy animals – not at the pet store, not from the breeder, not even from the mother of a colleague cousin. If you’re ready to get a dog, cat, or other companion animal, visit Petfinder.com. As Christine says, don’t do it for us – do it for dogs like Rupert!
This is why you should never buy animals