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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46. You can ADOPT Small purebred dogs. It shows character when you have money but choose to adopt (like Jessica Biel , Drew Barrymoore and many other actual A-listers ). I adopted my small dogs by going on PetFinder.com You can search by age, size ,and breed ----and ALL the dogs are adoptable!!!

Posted at 9:52PM on Jul 27th 2007 by Christine

47. PETA, PETA Go away!!!

Posted at 12:47PM on Jul 28th 2007 by Go Away

48. I stole my yellow lab puppy from neighbors who were mistreating him. They came back six months later wanting their dog back. I told them that their dog would have been dead by now if they had kept him. He is now 12 and 1/2 years old and in great shape. He is doing so well that my vet asks me jokingly if I send him to a doggie gym for him to work out. There are so many stray and mistreated dogs out there. Get one who needs a home, not one from a puppy farm.

Posted at 8:23AM on Jul 28th 2007 by Nancy

49. If PETA is so wonderful what the heck are they doing for the pit bulls? I'm sorry, but instead of wasting time trying to educate people that obviously do not want to be educated about anything, or interupting fashion shows, maybe they should be trying to help rescue some of these great dogs. (Well, great until they're abused and forced to fight eachother.)

Posted at 8:18AM on Jul 28th 2007 by Echo the Pit

50. Unborn babies are being killed everyday. Let a celeb doing something and it stays in the news forever. Where have our priorities gone to in the US??? Lord help us!

Posted at 12:15PM on Jul 28th 2007 by please...

51. It's sad that anti-PETA posts on here are taking the "Center for Consumer Freedom" as their source of information. That "organization" is funded by meat and tobacco industry money, and that's why they're twist the truth as much as possible to keep the funds coming in. They are against the National Institute of Health for trying to educate people about better eating, Mothers Against Drunk Driving for trying to educate people about not driving under the influence, and PETA for trying to educate people about animal rights issues.

Don't believe their BS. Check out a site called www.consumerdeception.com
Or just think for yourself what must happen at shelters every day around the country because there aren't homes for these animals. Would you rather have them in cages or suffering out on the streets with psychological and physical problems or be humanely put to sleep? Because those are the only options!

Get a life, all you people probably don't care about animals either way other than your own dog or cat.

Posted at 7:44PM on Jul 28th 2007 by Beth

52. I don't care what PETA thinks- but these stupid "celebrities" need to stop byuing dogs. With the lifestyle they lead, they cannot give the poor dog a good life. Being gone, traveling all the time, it is hard to raise a dog. I'm sure they have dog-walkers, etc. and

it's good for kids to grow up with pets, but it's also good for kids to grow up with parents (Britney). And didn't Paris get rid of a dog she coulldn't train and some ferril or something. Stupid bitches.

I love Jessica Biel but her poor dog must miss her as she is always traveling too.

Posted at 12:24PM on Jul 28th 2007 by skidrowdude

53. I wish i was britt mom i would kick her ass, where is her kids that's what i would like to know .. you should hide your face in the ground because thats all your worlth these days

Posted at 10:18AM on Jul 29th 2007 by cherie

54. What I think PETA forgot to mention is that there are also responsible breeders and responsible breeders would NEVER sell to a pet store. Anyway, this story about these two women is getting to annoying. What would anyone expect from someone of their caliber with not brain at all (meaning of such a low I.Q.) ??? I do not believe there are too many people that would follow their stupidity!

Posted at 2:35AM on Jul 31st 2007 by Alessiana

55. I am against eating meat but PETA is going to far and is acting very immature and childish. If people were to adopt all the dogs at the pound then what would happen to the dogs being born by breeders and in the pet store?

They are acting like these dogs are human and the fact is there not, yes dogs need love and attention and need to be taken care of but they do not need you around 24/7 nor do they have to go with you everyplace you go, you sure can not take a dog to a grocery store with you. I guess PETA is against you not being allowed to take dogs into Restaurants and Stores as well.

I have NEVER got a dog from the pound because god knows if it is vicious, they tell you what a nice dog it is and it ends up attacking you. I had a friend get a Doberman from the pound and it had been abused. They told her what a nice dog it was and how it loved people and children, well not even a month after getting the dog she was in her kitchen making dinner and the dog just came up and attacked her for no dang reason. She had to get stitches on her arm where the dog bit her and got rid of it and will never adopt another dog again.

Another thing with adopting dogs is if you have a child they do not want an older dog, they want a puppy and it is hard to find a puppy at the pound. They rarely get them and when they do they got very fast.

My son will be 4 next summer and I am planning on getting him a puppy and it will be from a breeder not no pound because im not taking the chance of my child being harmed and like I said it is hard to find a puppy at the pound. I have had many dogs growing up and all have been bought from breeders and that is always whom I will buy my dogs from, I do not care if it is a dog, cat or other animal I will not buy from a Pet Store or pound and where does Peta think the dogs in pet stores go if there not adopted? They keep them for like a month and if none buys them it is off to the pound.

Posted at 11:55AM on Aug 2nd 2007 by Chrissy

56. God you are all so ignorant! These pups now have homes! That is what is important! Leave these 2 women alone already...they are good pet owners for christs sake! Any puppy would be LUCKY to hang with them.
I purchased a very expensive pure bred puppy from a breeder...does that make me bad as well? I would have gotten mine at a pound if I could have but they didn't have the baby I wanted. I saved my money for 2 years to be able to afford her and I love her to death! PETA shopuld get after the irresponsible regular folks who allow their pups to have the babies which end up in these pounds if they are so worried there are too many unwanted ones locked up in the shelters.

Posted at 2:56PM on Aug 3rd 2007 by susan

57. What happened to Tinkerbell? And Prince the pomeranian? Paris goes through dogs like she goes through men.

Posted at 7:17PM on Aug 3rd 2007 by Hollyweird

58. After reading the last two posts, I'm dumbfounded at how dumb your comments are.

PETA is trying to say that if people stopped enabling backyard breeders and pet stores, then there wouldn't be an overpopulation. And don't think because you're buying from a breeder and not the pound that your dog will grow up nice. The truth is it's all in how the dog is raised. Not all pound dogs attack and Not all breed dogs don't attack.

And dog's don't just attack for no reason. Animals don't attack for no reason.

AND, I'm not sure what city you live in, but in Los Angeles, where britney and paris both live, there is a huge overpopulation problem in the LA County shelters and you can find tons of puppies at the pound, ranging from 8 weeks to 13 years old.

Posted at 7:25PM on Aug 3rd 2007 by Hollyweird

59. On average, each day 10,000 humans are born in the U.S. - and each day 70,000 puppies and kittens are born. Put another way, for every person that is born, 15 dogs and 45 cats are also born. As a result, every year 4 to 6 million animals are euthanized because there are no homes for them.

Petfinder.com and your local Humane Society offer puppies, pure breeds, mixed breeds and very lovable dogs and cats.

The most common reason animals are left at the shelter is because: an unfixed dog/cat had a litter of kittens/puppies, or the owner is moving, travels too much, or the elderly owner is sick or has passed away. These animals are literally dieing for a loving home.

Just like Peta's 'naked celebrity' ads, this letter from Ms. Newkirk was designed to create controversy, and draw attention to the plight of animals dieing in shelters. It worked.


Posted at 2:18PM on Aug 5th 2007 by vegggielover

60. One of the previous comments (21), stated that people who are helping animals should be out helping people instead. As a person who likes helping animals, I get this response quite a bit.

What I find though, is that the people who say this to me, often have NO cause of their own.. at all. They often are doing nothing to better the world. My response to them, is to gently tell them that their cause does not need to be my cause; but if each of us had a cause that helped make the world we live in a better place, then we would be moving in a forward direction.

'The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.' Ghandi






Posted at 2:52PM on Aug 5th 2007 by thebigpicture

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