Yesterday Pamela Anderson; actress and animal rights advocate, along with rescue dog Zorro, hand delivered a petition to the High Commissions of Mauritius. The petition had 179,000 signatures on it to urge the country to introduce a spay and neuter programme to help its stray dog problem.
Pamela Anderson and Zorro with petition
This follows video footage from November by International Animal Rescue and PETA, which captured dogs being hunted down, caught and killed with painful hit or miss injections.
The eyewitness footage (which you can find on You Tube- 'Dogs Killed in Cruel Ways in Mauritius') showed a number of dogs being killed in front of one another as they tried to escape the gates and walls of the kennels.
"How can people enjoy a vacation on your 'Paradise Island' while knowing that such horrors are taking place near their hotels?" pleads Anderson. "Dogs are very loving and sensitive beings. We owe it to them to find a compassionate solution to the overpopulation crisis in Mauritius."
Anderson is a longstanding PETA supporter who joins Tom Hardy, Krysten Ritter, Mickey Rourke, and Sia in teaming up with PETA or its international affiliates to raise awareness of dogs in need.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.uk.
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