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Animal Print Decor - latest patterns and trends Trendir, IL - Jan 2, 2009 If you fancy adding a discreet touch of the jungle to your existing bathroom units, the Crocodile style designer hardware from MNG is ideal.

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Ducks hit a wall against Blue Jackets Los Angeles Times, CA - Jan 1, 2009 Are we a fancy team? Are we a defensive team? What are we? We don't know yet. But we have to figure that out and bring it every night.

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Irvine-based Dog Fancy magazine has found itself on the receiving end of piece of guerrilla marketing after the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals covertly placed a classified ad in the magazine’s July issue.

The classified ad contains a phone number for owners of new purebred puppies to call to receive a “free gift bag”. There aren’t any toys or pet food samples to be had, however: the number offers callers a “body bag” to represent the shelter pet killed when people choose breeder or pet store animals. From the PETA press release on the issue:

The recorded message explains the hard facts to callers: Buying a puppy means that a dog in an animal shelter loses the chance for adoption, which means that one more dog will be needlessly destroyed. Callers are also told to practice their ABCs—animal birth control—by getting their new dog “fixed” to avoid adding further to the canine overpopulation crisis. Callers are encouraged to adopt, not buy, their next canine companion. The ad is the latest salvo in PETA’s national ABC campaign.

Dog Fancy editor Susan Chaney posted a response on the magazine’s message boards, saying “DOG FANCY does not knowingly accept advertising from PETA and does not agree with its extremist views.” Folks I spoke with at the magazine didn’t have any further comments on the issue, saying they didn’t want to get into a dialogue with PETA.

The LAV’s take: While I’m sure the magazine doesn’t appreciate getting shown up like this, you’ve got to wonder why they didn’t (or don’t, as policy) call every number/visit every website that advertises in their magazine, to stop this or other inappropriate content. Regardless of your thoughts about PETA and their tactics, it’s a sad fact that thousands of animals die each year in shelters, usually because of massive overcrowding. Spending hundreds or thousands of dollars for a breeder or pet store animal doesn’t help this situation at all.

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