‘Titties for pitties’ bare calendar sees animal activists get puppies out for pets

A bunch of animal lovers are baring all for a brand new bare calendar in a bid to lift money for cats and dogs.

Titties for Pitties is a brand new fundraising marketing campaign by nonprofit HIT Living Foundation. It noticed members of the muse’s workforce get their package off for a racy 2024 calendar forward of the brand new yr.

Speaking concerning the photoshoot, HIT Living founder Heather Crowe advised the Daily Star: “Everyone went into it slightly nervous, in fact, at first. The photographer, Morgan, made everybody really feel extremely snug.

“He helped everybody with their poses, he had Beyonce taking part in and we have been all centered on the puppies. Not even midway by means of the shoot, all the ladies are walking round topless and everybody was a lot extra snug.

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“We have been serving to one another pose and making an attempt to get the dogs to have a look at the digicam. So it ended up being a variety of enjoyable and the photoshoot turned out actually nice.”

After the organisation – primarily based in Los Angeles in California, US – took in a litter of pit bulls, they shortly discovered they have been struggling to re-home them. The mission impressed the thought behind the group’s latest marketing campaign, which sees the cute pups pose alongside nude members of the muse.

“It’s about selling consciousness for the pit bulls, which is such an undervalued canine,” Crowe added. “They have such a nasty rep connected to their title.”

But it is not simply pit bulls benefitting from the fundraising effort – cats and dogs of all sizes and styles are being deserted at an alarming charge with most of the different rescue shelters within the space euthanising the animals they soak up. Crowe desires the HIT Living Foundation to be the antidote to that.

The basis was began in 2018 after Crowe rescued a canine from the Bahamas and had her re-homed in three days. While their work focuses on rescuing, re-homing and rehabilitating pets in Southern California, in addition they help with neutering programmes additional afield.

Crowe added: “I shifted my focus to Southern California rescue, pulling at-risk dogs from kill shelters, [but] since then I’ve been going again to the Bahamas just about two to 3 occasions a yr [to help] spay and neutering clinics.”

As this yr marks the muse’s fifth birthday, Crowe is asking folks to present $55 (£43.25) in change for his or her calendar. The money will go in direction of two causes near Crowe’s coronary heart – HIT’s ongoing rescue efforts and the AiRS Foundation, whose mission is to assist ladies who’ve had mastectomies after breast most cancers or related well being issues.

Animal shelters within the sprawling California metropolis have been pushed to breaking level in recent years, and it is a related story on this aspect of the Atlantic. The cost of residing disaster got here on the similar time many people returned to the workplace after a spate of nationwide lockdowns, that means many people have fewer hours within the day and fewer money to spend on our pets.

With a controversial XL Bully ban coming into drive at this time (December 31), the UK’s animal shelters face a 3rd menace. An RSPCA spokesperson advised the Daily Star: “This is a really distressing time for animal rescue centres and XL bully house owners and we’re doing all the things we are able to to assist our workers and the general public by means of this.”

To get a replica of the calendar go to the HIT Living Foundation website.

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