Written by PETA
PETA pal Joan Rivers is using her unmistakable voice to support two important dog-related bills that are under consideration by the New York City Council. Today, Joan fired off a letter to City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, expressing her support for bills that would encourage New Yorkers to get lifesaving spay and neuter surgeries for their dogs and would protect dogs from being chained up like old bicycles for longer than three hours in any 12-hour period.Check out what Joan has to say about people who force their dogs to live outdoors in the cold!
Fur-free fashion guru Tim Gunn also sent a personal note to Speaker Quinn in favor of these bills, so support is building. If you live in the Big Apple, be sure to encourage your City Council member to vote in favor of these vital bills!
Written by Lindsay Pollard-Post
hey good for you joan yea those who put dogs on chains and leave them outside go out there one night when its 18 degrees without proper beddings see if you feel cold
There should be laws to protect animals with punishments that MATCH the cruelty and abuse.
How can she be sensitive to dog issues, when she wears fur? Why don't you try to educate her?
Joan we love you for all that you do on behalf of dogs however it is not only dogs and humans that are deeply feeling citizens of this planet who can feel deep emotions and certainly pain. It would be a true Mitzvah if you would switch to wearing fake fur. Thanks and be well.
Joan confuses me a bit. I applaud her for her stand on chaining up dogs but when I see her on TV, she is quite ofter wearing FUR !!!!!!! Even if it is faux, people still see it and think "Oh, that fur looks good, I'll wear it too" then they go a buy real fur products because they don't know the difference. Please Joan, I love you but please stop wearing FUR, faux or real.
Way to go Ms. Rivers. For your next act please stop wearing fur.
I think it's great that she is standing up for dogs, but she pokes fun of PETA while wearing fur all the time doesn't she? Maybe she is making a turn for the good :)
(And I think Jan is being sarcastic, no?)
Hi Joan, I would like to find out if you have thrown out the real firs and are now wearing the fakes. I certainly hope so. My husband had his late mother's furs in our cupboard and asked me if I would like me and you can imagine what I did.- I asked for them to be sold and the money to go to a charity for animals. I mean really. I got the heebie jeebies! Who can live like that, know that defenceless animals have been skinned, and I have seen videos, alive. Please everyone. Throw away the furs!!! Be very kind to animals. They give so much pleasure. They are there for us when we are ill, when we are depressed, when we are blind etc/
as a friend of Joans you should be glad she is supporting this cause. Whenever she is involved she gives 110%. You can't shun her because she wears fur. We should put an end to those who mistteat animals. Period!!
Same here. I see this woman draped in fur all the time on the tv and now I'm supposed to respect her for standing up for dogs?! Are celebrity brains wired differently? I'd sure like to sit this woman down and show her a video of an animal being skinned alive for one of her fur coats. I think peta need to tread carefully when they call people like Joan Rivers a peta pal. You're in danger of alienating the very people you are supposed to represent (the people for the ethical treatment of animals)
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