Dog InterRUFFS drivers with the message: Leave us inside!

For immediate release:
February 17, 2022

Contact:
Megan Wiltsie 202-483-7382

Charlotte, N.C – With chilly temperatures in the forecast for the coming weeks, ai leave Taking the dog out can be a problem for law enforcement, but PETA quickly sent a blue-code alert to Charlotte, thanks to her help. sky high message features a puppy next to a bicycle to emphasize that the leash belongs to the object, never to the living, sensory entity.

PETA responds to thousands of heartbreaking reports each year of dogs being chained outside, struggling to survive in rainstorms and freezing temperatures, sometimes so tied up that they cannot seek shelter — if they don’t even have anything worth reaching for. Waters freeze in winter, snow turns food into an inedible mixture, and the ground becomes muddy and frozen. This leaves the dog susceptible to frostbite, hypothermia, and dehydration. Cold weather and winter storms lead to many deaths, injuries and near-missed rescues every year, and most incidents go unreported.

PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said: “Dogs are social animals that need and deserve companionship, respect and warmth in the home.” “PETA is urging Charlotte residents to treat their dogs like family, encouraging others to do the same, and blowing the whistle on abuse.”

Hundreds of cities across the United States — including Dallas, Miami, and Tucson, Arizona — have promulgated law It is forbidden to leave a dog on a leash alone outdoors. PETA asked that residents speak out against this cruel practice and pushed Charlotte officials to ban unattended leash altogether.

PETA — in part, their motto states that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way” — advocates speciesism, a human supremacist worldview . For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on Twitter, Facebookor Instagram.

The billboard has the address 3313 NC-16.