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Acabo de recibir la respuesta al correo que les envié, aquí copio todo (está en inglés):
Dear Sonia,
Thank you for contacting PETA about this. We have forwarded this information to the appropriate staff for their review.
We share your concerns about this company, which offers dogs for “rent” for a few hours or days to anyone willing to pay hefty annual, monthly, and per-visit fees.
Dogs are creatures of habit who need and deserve a family, routine, stability, and consistency in order to thrive and be happy. Being bounced around from place to place is terribly confusing to them and deprives them of a permanent place to call home. This is a business, and as such, it exists to make money. Unfortunately, it does so at the expense of the psychological well-being of the animals it uses to make a profit. It caters to human convenience and sends the wrong message¯that it is acceptable to trade dogs as if they were video games.
Furthermore, when these animals become ill or old and can no longer be rented out, what will happen to them? Will they be kenneled indefinitely or placed in permanent, safe homes?
PETA encourages people who have the time, resources, and willingness necessary for making a dog a member of their family to adopt from animal shelters. Because of the lack of good homes, 3 million to 4 million unwanted dogs and cats must be put to death in U.S. animal shelters annually. People who are not ready to “tie the canine knot” but wish to spend time with dogs are encouraged to volunteer at their local animal shelter, where they can walk, play with, groom, and socialize dogs in need.
Please write letters to the editors of newspapers and magazines to educate readers about being responsible animal guardians. For letter-writing tips, please visit http://www.HelpingAnimals.com/res_letterWriting.asp.
For more information on helping companion animals, please visit http://www.HelpingAnimals.com.
Thanks for caring and for everything that you do to help animals!
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 4:39 PM
To: newsmanager
Subject: a website where pets are rented
Hello,
in this website http://webs.ono.com/alnav/index.html you can rent a pet (Cat, dog... whatever you like). The website is in Spanish.
They say that you can rent a pet for a party, for some days... so that means that the pet is always changing homes. The worst thing is that laboratories can also rent pets from that site.
I am writing to you just for help, maybe PETA can tell me where I can write to complain about this, or maybe from PETA we can do something.
I am waiting for your answer. Thank you very much!!!
Sonia.
Dear Sonia,
Thank you for contacting PETA about this. We have forwarded this information to the appropriate staff for their review.
We share your concerns about this company, which offers dogs for “rent” for a few hours or days to anyone willing to pay hefty annual, monthly, and per-visit fees.
Dogs are creatures of habit who need and deserve a family, routine, stability, and consistency in order to thrive and be happy. Being bounced around from place to place is terribly confusing to them and deprives them of a permanent place to call home. This is a business, and as such, it exists to make money. Unfortunately, it does so at the expense of the psychological well-being of the animals it uses to make a profit. It caters to human convenience and sends the wrong message¯that it is acceptable to trade dogs as if they were video games.
Furthermore, when these animals become ill or old and can no longer be rented out, what will happen to them? Will they be kenneled indefinitely or placed in permanent, safe homes?
PETA encourages people who have the time, resources, and willingness necessary for making a dog a member of their family to adopt from animal shelters. Because of the lack of good homes, 3 million to 4 million unwanted dogs and cats must be put to death in U.S. animal shelters annually. People who are not ready to “tie the canine knot” but wish to spend time with dogs are encouraged to volunteer at their local animal shelter, where they can walk, play with, groom, and socialize dogs in need.
Please write letters to the editors of newspapers and magazines to educate readers about being responsible animal guardians. For letter-writing tips, please visit http://www.HelpingAnimals.com/res_letterWriting.asp.
For more information on helping companion animals, please visit http://www.HelpingAnimals.com.
Thanks for caring and for everything that you do to help animals!
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 4:39 PM
To: newsmanager
Subject: a website where pets are rented
Hello,
in this website http://webs.ono.com/alnav/index.html you can rent a pet (Cat, dog... whatever you like). The website is in Spanish.
They say that you can rent a pet for a party, for some days... so that means that the pet is always changing homes. The worst thing is that laboratories can also rent pets from that site.
I am writing to you just for help, maybe PETA can tell me where I can write to complain about this, or maybe from PETA we can do something.
I am waiting for your answer. Thank you very much!!!
Sonia.