For Immediate Release:
November 13, 2023
Contact:
Moira Colley 202-483-7382
New York – Hellboy and Sons of Anarchy star Ron Perlman could also be a tricky man on display screen, however behind his rugged exterior, the appearing legend and New York native has a coronary heart the dimensions of Hollywood—and now he’s coming to the rescue of New York City’s homeless animals by starring in a brand new sky-high message for PETA alongside together with his beloved canine, Harrington, by which he proclaims, “Don’t Buy Dogs.” The plea, situated simply across the nook from the De Witt Clinton Dog Run, follows recent studies that the town’s animal shelters are overwhelmed with homeless animals—and plenty of are even refusing to absorb animals dropped at them.
“Serotonin just courses through me when I’m cuddling with my dogs because it’s pure love,” Perlman says in an exclusive video for PETA. “The level of gratitude and heartwarmingness that has been infused into my life is irreplaceable. And so, don’t buy dogs. There’s no reason to. Adopt. Don’t shop.”
Around 70 million dogs and cats are homeless within the U.S. at any given time. Many animal shelters—underneath stress to promote excessive “save rates”—are turning dogs away once they inevitably attain capability, as Animal Care Centers of NYC now are, and refusing to just accept cats altogether, leaving probably the most vulnerable animals with nowhere to go. Many find yourself deserted on the streets, the place they could be hit by vehicles, contaminated with illnesses, or harm by merciless folks—and leaving them to breed makes the homeless-animal disaster worse. That’s why PETA urges shelters to just accept all animals in want, advises guardians to have their animal companions spayed or neutered, and asks everybody to undertake as a substitute of shopping for from breeders or pet shops, which churn out litter after litter of puppies right into a world already bursting on the seams with homeless dogs.
Perlman is a part of a rising checklist of celebrities—together with Tom Hardy, John Stamos, Ryan Eggold, Theo Rossi, and Cristin Milioti—who’ve teamed up with PETA to advertise adoption.
PETA’s billboard is situated on the intersection of 11th Avenue and W. 51st Street in Hell’s Kitchen.
PETA—whose motto reads, partly, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For extra info, please go to PETA.org, hearken to The PETA Podcast, or observe the group on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, or Instagram.
