Celebrity Feuds
PETA Still Doggin' Paris and Britney

The folks at PETA are howling mad at Paris and Brit Brit over their recent purchases of ... wait for it ... MORE LITTLE DOGS!
Paris Hilton, Britney Spears
TMZ has obtained an email PETA sent to the ex-con/socialite AND the pop-star-turned-crazy-chick:

Dear Paris and Britney,

So, you have popped into a pet store to pick up some more doggie arm candy. Your impulse purchases of dogs encourage others to follow suit, no matter how ill-equipped they are to provide a decade or more of care for a little dog who has feelings and needs and who requires patience, veterinary care, and stimulation other than nightclub music and bar laughter. Also, for every pet store puppy purchased, a pound puppy dies (and a breeder -- probably somewhere in Arkansas or Missouri -- is rewarded for adding yet another litter to the pet overpopulation crisis). A California bill that would have required most dogs and cats to be spayed or neutered-and therefore would have helped reduce the taxpayer burden for disposing of (killing) homeless animals-was recently defeated by greedy breeders. Perhaps you and other vacuous stars need to tattoo "Don't buy while pound pups die" on your foreheads to remind each other of that home truth.

Very truly yours,

Ingrid E. Newkirk, President
PETA


*****
The "Very truly yours" was a nice touch! PETA may have a point ... Paris loves her new Chihuahua so much, she hasn't even named it yet.

Reader Comments

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1. "Perhaps you and other vacuous stars need to tattoo "Don't buy while pound pups die" on your foreheads to remind each other of that home truth. "

I think that it is quite possible Ingrid had them until this part. Moral: You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.

(mmmmpickledfliesmmmm)

Posted at 2:30PM on Jul 27th 2007 by JRI

2. PETA is giving WAYYYY too much to credit to Paris and Britney. It's ridiculous that PETA thinks Paris and Brits have any serious influence.

Posted at 2:37PM on Jul 27th 2007 by midnightson

3. Give me a break, PETA sucks, end of story.

Posted at 2:38PM on Jul 27th 2007 by C.W.

4. As much as I think PETA is a backwards organization, I agree wholeheartedly with this letter. Buying pets from pet stores only perpetuates the overpopulation epidemic and funds puppy mills, condemning more dogs to the cruel practices and health problems that ensue.

http://www.stoppuppymills.org/

Posted at 2:41PM on Jul 27th 2007 by ALS

5. I'm not a big fan of PETA's extremist slant, but they've certainly got this one spot on! It's like spending loads of dough on IVF while babies die in orphanages because they can't live without human touch. GO TO THE POUND IF YOU WANT A PET, and make sure you can handle the responsibility - dogs are nearly as difficult to care for as babies!

Posted at 2:40PM on Jul 27th 2007 by K

6. i can understand that harmless animals are being killed b/c they are unwanted, and some people do use them as accessories, but even still, they are not treated badly! who cares if they dress them up or show them off - these pets are at least taken care of better than we are! and you can't dog (no pun intended) someone for paying for a puppy - it doesn't make them a bad person - i bought my dog at a pet shop in a mall! and spent a ridiculous amount of money for her, and if i didnt buy her, she would have died - what do you think they do with the puppies that arent bought, either? ... so whats their point??

Posted at 2:46PM on Jul 27th 2007 by Shelly

7. Sure, that'll stop the puppy breeding pet store problem. Just like Angelina Jolie will help solve poverty in Africa through charity when almost every country is rife with greedy, corrrupt leaders and violent faction groups of which she never talks about.

Posted at 2:47PM on Jul 27th 2007 by SayWhat

8. Sorry to say that not all Arkansas and Oklahoma people abuse the system of breeding or allowing pets to reproduce with no thought to the animals themselves. It would be a letter much more accepted by those states residents had Ingrid thought to not insult those people while trying to reprimand two wealthy girls in Hollywood with no concious towards animals. I am an Arkansan with 2 dogs that are fixed. We aren't all that way in these 2 states.

Posted at 2:47PM on Jul 27th 2007 by dsmothers

9. Although I agree with Ingrid Newkirk's statements in the letter to Paris and Britney, Ingrid Newkirk is, in fact, a complete hypocrite who has an active role in KILLING dogs herself. Please take a look at this site: http://www.petakillsanimals.com

Posted at 2:48PM on Jul 27th 2007 by kendra

10. This is a shout out to Britney....You look downright stupid and dumb carrying a toy dog around when you have 2 children that needs carrying. Dumb ass, your toy dog carrying days are over. Go get your kids and carry them!!!! I hope KFed takes his kids and every penny you have. The way you're spending and throwing money away, your kids won't have crap to live on. Can't take care of your kids, but you have a dog. Yuk, you make me sick!!!

Posted at 2:56PM on Jul 27th 2007 by Scalie

11. Thank you Kendra.
You are correct, PETA kills animals and its a fact. They would rather kill sheltered animals than adopt them out, for fear the animals might be abused. Its stupid nonsense. A PETA shelter, in VA I beleve, had invested in a large walk in style freezer. What does a shelter need a freezer for? To keep the euthinized animals so people dont discover that they are actually murders. PETA takes in over 5000 animals a yr and only adopts out less than 5%, what do they do with the remaining 95%? Maybe they fund their organization by selling the dead animals to China so they can produce dog/cat food.

Posted at 3:03PM on Jul 27th 2007 by Todd

12. Shelley (#7) - please take a look at the link I posted (comment #6). Yes, by buying a dog from a pet store you're saving that dog's life, but you're also giving money to those who keep the horrific practice of puppymilling going.

Posted at 3:13PM on Jul 27th 2007 by ALS

13. As much as I hate PETA, they are right in that these stupid celebs that keep buying these petstore puppies are only helping puppymills.
However, they can't say a damn thing about dogs being killed in shelters... why?
Well must we really bring up the whole, petakillsanimals.com site again? Maybe they should start telling themselves that they should be RESCUEING instead of going out and killing animals.

Posted at 3:12PM on Jul 27th 2007 by Lisa

14.
i dont care for the 2 celebs at all, but if i work 40 hours a week, does that make me a bad mom or dog owner? what the hell does going to clubs or being in a bar have anything to do with her argument? i wish i could bring my dog all over the place, but then people would be complaining about that... maybe she should take a look inside her own freezer then try to talk s*&t

Posted at 3:14PM on Jul 27th 2007 by Shelly

15. peta R hypocrites they killed dogs and put them in the dumpster behind their headquarters in norfolk Va.

Posted at 10:52AM on Jul 30th 2007 by I work 4 peta Va

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