[ SHOWGSD-L ] PETA praises Oprah, blasts AKC

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PETA praises Oprah, blasts AKC


People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has sent its praise to 
Oprah Winfrey for her recent show on puppy mills â?? but warned the talk  show
host that the American Kennel Club (which is also praising Oprah for  the 
show)
should not be viewed as an ally in the fight against puppy mills, but  an
enemy.
â??Please beware: Legislation to stop puppy mills is fought tooth and nail by 
the American Kennel Club (AKC), which will defend breeders no matter what. 
The
AKC has done everything it can to thwart regulation that would help pound
pups  and shelter dogs,â?? PETA president Ingrid E. Newkirk wrote Winfrey.
â??More than 10,000 dogs and cats die in gas chambers and by injection in 
someone's arms every day in the U.S. because the AKC promotes breeding,  
registers
and provides â??papersâ?? to countless puppy-mill pups every year, and 
euphemistically calls these puppy factories â??high-volume breeders,â??â?? she 
added. 
The letter (you can read it in its entirety _here_
(http://blog.peta.org/archives/Letter_to_Oprah.pdf) ) goes on to say that the 
AKC deserves  â??the lion's
share of the blame for the deaths of more than 3 million dogs and  cats every
year in animal shelters, all of whom deserve good homes. Those homes, 
however, are being taken by specially bred dogs that come into an 
already-overpopulated world solely because of breeders' greed.â??
The _AKCâ??s letter to Oprah _
(http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/mutts/blog/2008/04/akc_praises_oprah
_expose.html) was sent the day the  show aired.
In it, the organization called itself a "strong proponent of  responsible
breeding" and said the puppy mill problem is a result of non-AKC  registered
breeders who operate free of regulation.
PETA's senior communications coordinator, David W. Perle, called Oprah's 
segment a "landmark" one, and said one viewer, as a result of the program, 
donated 100 spay surgeries to PETA's low cost spay/neuter program,  called 
SNIP
("Spay and Neuter Immediately, Please").


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