Group Plans to Air TV Spot During AKC Dog Show
For Immediate Release:
April 29, 2008
Contact:
Melissa Karpel 757-622-7382
Lancaster, Pa. -
An edgy new PETA ad showing a hooded Ku Klux Klan member making himself right at home at a meeting of the American Kennel Club (AKC)--a dog registry that accepts only purebreds--has been sent to all TV stations serving the Lancaster area. PETA plans to run the ad during the upcoming AKC dog show being held in Lancaster this week.
The 30-second spot begins as a Klansman walks into an AKC meeting and is told that he's in the wrong place. After he gets the meeting's speaker to concede that both groups believe in the "sanctity of pure bloodlines" and a "master race"--or "master pedigree"--he declares, "I'll fit right in here," and takes a seat. The ad concludes with the message "All dogs are created equal."
PETA condemns the AKC as irresponsible because it discriminates against mixed-breed dogs, promotes dog breeding, and spurs people to buy purebreds while animal shelters overflow with unwanted mixed-breed dogs who desperately need homes. A conservative estimate indicates that one Lancaster-area animal shelter alone took in about 11,000 homeless animals during the past year, and more than half of them had to be euthanized.
"When it comes to contempt for 'mixed breeds' and a fetish for 'pure bloodlines,' there's not much difference between the KKK and the AKC," says PETA Vice President Daphna Nachminovitch. "Not only does the AKC promote breeding as a 'sport,' it also opposes spay-and-neuter laws that would save the lives of hundreds of thousands of animals."
For more information, please visit PETA.org. To view the ad, click here.
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