Photos: Giant Colourful ‘Condoms’ Promote Animal Birth Control in Limerick

For Immediate Release:

11 July 2016

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Olivia Jordan +44 (0) 20 7837 6327, ext. 229; [email protected]

 PHOTOS: GIANT COLORFUL ‘CONDOMS’ PROMOTE ANIMAL BIRTH CONTROL IN LIMERICK

PETA Calls on Guardians to Spay and Neuter Dogs and Cats to Combat Animal Overpopulation Crisis

Limerick – PETA members dressed as giant pink and blue “condoms” and holding signs that read, “Dogs and Cats Can’t Use Condoms: Spay and Neuter!” descended on Limerick today. Their message? Five homeless dogs are euthanised every day in Ireland, and the only way to manage the cat and dog overpopulation crisis is to have animal companions spayed or neutered.

Photos of the event are available here, here and here.

“Hundreds of thousands of unwanted cats and dogs suffer on the streets of Ireland every day, and most will never finding a loving home”, says PETA Director Mimi Bekhechi. “Dogs and cats can’t wear condoms, so PETA is calling on guardians to take responsibility and spay or neuter their animal companions.”

PETA – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way” – notes that every year in Ireland, thousands of unwanted cats and dogs enter animal shelters, and many of them are euthanised because there simply aren’t enough good homes. Many more never make it to an animal shelter and are left to fend for themselves on the streets, where they are subjected to cruelty, are struck by cars, or suffer from starvation, extreme temperatures, disease or injuries. The solution is simple: always spay or neuter companion animals. Spaying one female dog can prevent 67,000 births in six years, and spaying one female cat can prevent 370,000 births in seven years.

For more information, please visit PETA.org.uk.

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