Action for Animals Austin

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Thanks for writing the Austin American-Statesman.  Your letter is being considered for print, and we need to record your spoken confirmation. 

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great, the picture cut off the message...it read MUTTS RULE...YAY!!!!!

Of course, they get the meanest looking woman alive, but the message is clear!!! ;))))

Here's my letter submitted:

Dear Editor:

Thanks to Mullins for shedding light on purebred dogs and the absurdity of adopting a dog from a breeder when we have dogs being killed every day in shelters all across the United States. Austin has been talking about being a no-kill city for years now, but how can that ever materialize when we allow stores like Petland to operate in our city? Petlands sells dogs that come from puppy mills where dogs are treated as commodities rather than the feeling, loyal companions they are. Austin needs to take action and shut down Petland. As long as Petland is allowed to sell "purebred" dogs, some more than $500, for profit, Austin will continue to kill its homeless dogs at our local shelter. And anybody who has a pet they truly care about knows that pets do not equal profit. Only our hearts profit when we open them up to our pets. So, go away, Petland, and please adopt from our local shelter or humane society!