Written by PETA
Great news! After PETA got word that Colombian mobile phone company Comcel planned to raffle off 200 puppies as part of a promotion, we posted an action alert on our website, and you responded in droves. Thanks to you, Comcel and its parent company, América Móvil, have agreed to give debit cards as prizes instead.
Needless to say, randomly distributing puppies is a spectacularly bad idea. Animals who are given as prizes or gifts are often abused or discarded when the novelty wears off. The lucky ones wind up in shelters (as opposed to being abandoned on the streets), where they face euthanasia because of a lack of good homes.
Which reminds me—if you are ready to open your heart and home to an animal companion, always, always, always adopt—never buy. Need more persuasion? Who could possibly resist the importuning of Twilight hunk Kellan Lutz?
Written by Michelle Sherrow
En nombre de todos los colombianos, gracias por haber hecho que Comcel no hiciera esa maldad tan grande! In name of colombian people, thanks for not making Comcel do such a bad thing. Thanks so much!!!
.......Kellan Lutz is beautiful.
This colombian radio station @lamegaibague will give a pup as prize. They didn't learn the lesson with Comcel.
I am soo glad!!!
Great news and congrats to PETA once again.... :-)
Please keep up the good work
So, what happened to the 200 puppies they were going to raffle off? Where did they end up?
how does raffling off puppies even make sense? I swear, sometimes people have no sense of judgement at all.
This is such good news. Once again PETA has made it possible for our single voices to be heard as one. Thank you to everyone at PETA and to everyone who signed this petition. We've all made a difference today.
WONDERFUL news! Bravo to those that spoke up and to the companies for changing their plans.
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