TMZ contacted PETA to see if they could get a statement on the Ellen situation. For those that don’t know, Ellen adopted a dog from a shelter and gave it away to her hairdresser’s family when she realized the dog wouldn’t mesh with her cats. The agency has since removed the animal from the new family’s home claiming that Ellen broke the rules in the contract even though they made many exceptions (no application or home study) to give the dog to Ellen in the first place.
PETA told TMZ:
“At a time when so many people in Hollywood, like Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, are making impetuous “pet” purchases, PETA commends Ellen for adopting a homeless animal from a shelter rather than buying a dog. Every animal purchased from a pet store is a virtual death sentence for an animal desperately waiting in a shelter for a home.”
“We know that Ellen was trying to do the right thing in finding the dog a new home. She just missed a step in neglecting to contact the agency first. We hope that if the new home she arranged turns out to be as good as she thought, the agency will allow the family to take the dog back. PETA does think that Mutts & Moms’ policies of doing home checks and not allowing people to transfer animals to others are good rules that protect the animals. Ellen was just trying to do the right thing — she is a huge animal lover — and surely has learned from this experience.”
[tags]Ellen, Mutts & Moms, PETA, Dog Adoption, Cats, Hairdresser, Agency, Broken Contract, Animal Lover[/tags]
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PETA should stick to what they do best. Exposing the cruelties that take place on factory farms like bull castrations with no pain killers and cutting of the beaks of chickens to keep them from cannibalizing each other in the tiny cages they are kept in. If you want to know more about all these there is a video that goes into it more at http://meat.org
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