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PETA Still Doggin' Paris and Britney

Posted Jul 27th 2007 11:17AM by TMZ Staff

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.

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16. Todd, Thanks. The site I posted (I'll repost :) ) http://www.petakillsanimals.com refers to the freezer. One of the many horrors, however, is how unsuspecting people hand over their animals to PETA thinking that PETA would NEVER harm the animals. . . they believe that giving an animal to PETA is akin to giving an animal to a noneuthanizing shelter. What they don't even realize is that the animal is getting killed in the van in front of their own house!

Posted at 3:15PM on Jul 27th 2007 by kendra

17. Why Arkansas and Missouri? How did such a stereotyping, ignorant extremist like you become the President of such a well-known organization? No wonder you catch so much flak for trying to do the right thing. You go about it completely wrong. I especially like how the very next sentence goes on to tell of the greedy breeders in CALIFORNIA. Very cohesive.

Posted at 3:49PM on Jul 27th 2007 by LINDSAY

18. Most of you couldn't handle the work PETA does everyday.

You would get sick just looking at the torture done to animals that they
show on their website.

http://www.peta.org/

God bless PETA and the good work they do for sheep and foxes and chickens and cows and wolves and cats and dogs and birds and bears. They are saving millions of animals while you whine.

Posted at 3:51PM on Jul 27th 2007 by MOOaCOW

19. Let the Biotches have their mutts!!!

Posted at 3:50PM on Jul 27th 2007 by MVick

20. I agree with PETA - but please, does anyone expect any A-Lister celebrity to get a "free" mixed breed from a pound? They shouldn't just point out Paris and Brit for doing so.

Posted at 3:55PM on Jul 27th 2007 by LuvTMZ

21. Too bad SO MANY people will put so much energy into saving animals but meanwhile not lift a hand (or a voice) so prevent the senseless slaughter of the most endangered species...THE AMERICAN SOLDIER!! THERE IS A WAR GOING ON AND WHILE PETA IS PICKETTING MICHAEL VICK THEY SHOULD BE PICKETTING AND MARCHING ON WASHINGTON.

Posted at 3:59PM on Jul 27th 2007 by GIJoe

22. Hi ALS,

I understand your point too. But if we shut down the puppy mills, it wouldn't just force people to go to the pound to get a pet - I would, but many people wouldn't, they would choose to pick another animal to have. So although it is a vicioius cycle, no one really wins. I appreciate the input on your post :-) Shelly

Posted at 4:01PM on Jul 27th 2007 by Shelly

23. I know some A List celebrities get their dogs from the pound, look at Jessica Biel. She is way classier than those two losers, Paris and Britney. And then Orlando Bloom got his dog from another country and it was a stray. Just goes to show that these two girls have no brains. They seem to live their lives on impulses only. And its a bit of a stretch to say that Paris and Britney are "A-list" celebrities. I'd say the D list please.

Posted at 4:05PM on Jul 27th 2007 by Cheryl

24. what a joke - peta has the worst track record with pets in the world. ingrid newkirk needs to have "inhumane f**kbag" tattooed on her forehead! while i will admit that they are right - buying animals from pet stores is not helping the shelters&they are typically very ill and very rarely ready to be taken from their mothers - but peta off all organizations has no place to be opening their hypocritcal mouths! i agree with you all- lets remember the pictures and other evidence showing peta workers dumping carcasses in a dumpster.

but wait - they got away with that because there is still no one in this country willing to show that they have bigger balls than newkirks - no one has bothered to try and stop her - and as long as there are stars, pam & pink...etc, that support her she'll never get what is coming to her.

how sad- tmz you are the best - please don't give this quack job organization another minute of your time.

Posted at 4:07PM on Jul 27th 2007 by Randi

25. so true

Posted at 4:17PM on Jul 27th 2007 by jaime413

26. Umm, PETA is apparently not very educated on the animals they try and protect so vigorously. It’s PROVEN that dogs DO NOT have feelings.

Retards.

Posted at 4:08PM on Jul 27th 2007 by Sean

27. Dear PETA,

Last time I check the pound problems and homeless dogs didn't inclue a 4,000 dollar puppie that celbrities bought. Why don't you try to write your anonymous letters to state legislature and city officals; which, would be more valuable of your obvious endless time and actually make a differene as opposed to writting celbrities who are not even going to read your letter. Obviously those repsonsible for your oranization prefer to get therir organization read about on celbrity gossip pages rather than actually saving a dogs life...I also highly doubt that celebrities contribute to unwanted puppy mills and people abandoning their pets in the street of LA furthering the overcrowding of pounds.

Posted at 4:08PM on Jul 27th 2007 by Ali

28. That is such an unprofessional letter written by PETA. How dare them make a rude statement to something they know nothing about. No one knows the real reasons they bought their pets. They may breed them and have buyers (another words the new puppies from their new dogs will not go to the pound). They can't expect celebrities to buy all the dogs at the pound. Its a shame those dogs go to the pound, but they are not responsible for other peoples actions, only their own. It's like saying, "don't buy fancy food, save the money and spend it on generics from the grocery store because people are starving in the world." Let people make the choices they want for their lives and their dogs. I am not a fan of Paris or Britney, but at least give credit where it is due. PETA is unprofessional and looking for fame for vanity reasons. Why can't the PETA go adopt all the puppies ready to be killed? Hypocrits!

Posted at 4:11PM on Jul 27th 2007 by bliss

29. so true

Posted at 5:03PM on Jul 27th 2007 by jaime413

30. i totally think that Paris and Brit have gone totally ovrboard with the cute little dogs!!!!
i admit they r totally cute. but holding them like little accessories is very wrong and unfair to the dogs. what dog in the right mind would want to be held by Britney Spears and Paris Hilton?

Posted at 2:42PM on Jul 30th 2007 by Sim

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