Celebrities Against Puppy Farms

[mrs tornsocks]

MEDIA ALERT

Stars pledge their support to close Australia’s puppy factories

The RSPCA will today announce its celebrity ambassadors as part of the official launch of the national

‘Close Puppy Factories’ campaign in Melbourne’s CBD.

The campaign is calling for the community’s support to help close down the puppy factory industry in

several ways. This includes taking the RSPCA pledge, writing to councils and the responsible purchase of

puppies from rescue organisations or registered breeders instead of pet stores, online or newspapers

which are typical sales channels for puppy factories.

The famous faces who have pledged their support to close puppy factories include: Dave Hughes, Wendy

Matthews, Derryn Hinch, Charlie Pickering, Brodie Harper, Dr Melissa Meehan, Farmer Dave Graham and

Suzie Wilks.

RSPCA President Dr Hugh Wirth said he hoped the campaign and its celebrity ambassadors would raise

awareness of the horrific practice of puppy farming and pressure the government to overhaul current

legislation

Edited July 18, 2010 by mrs tornsocks

[westiemum]

Although I'm not a big fan of the RSPCA, I'll support them on this one as at least the issue is getting some air time at long last.

However the only independent paper in Adelaide today trivialised the issue IMO on its front online page today.

So I've just written a polite response to them - will be interesting to see if I get anything back. (Referred them to Petrescue and www.wheredopuppiescomefrom.com.au).

We'll see.

Edited July 19, 2010 by westiemum