A Good Start

[piasharn]

Meet Baby, the dog that the Obama family recently adopted. If you think something looks a bit odd about Baby, you're not imagining things. Baby only has three legs. She lost one of her limbs after years of mistreatment in a puppy mill, where her former owners also had her vocal cords removed so that they didn't have to listen to her cries.

Thank you, Barack Obama, for adopting a shelter animal. Thank you for choosing one that most people would overlook. Too often, people go straight for the healthy puppies and kittens without giving the older animals a second thought, much less ones who were neglected and abused.

I hope that your actions encourage more people to adopt animals from the Humane Society and raise awareness about the horrible conditions of puppy mills.

Hat tip: Miss Poppy

ETA: kutsuwamushi has brought it to my attention that Baby has not been adopted by the Obamas. The article I linked to doesn't actually state that they did adopt her. It appears that the photo above was taken to help promote "Baby's Bill", which is designed to close loopholes that allow puppy mill breeders to keep their animals in horrible conditions.

Sorry about that. That's what I get for not being as attentive towards my reading and research as I should be.

Comments

[kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com]

Judging from the comments on Crooks and Liars, this isn't actually the dog that the Obamas are going to adopt. It belongs to an anti-animal cruelty advocate that he's worked with.

I think.

Still, it's great that he's taking time to work with the dog's owner on the issue. I hope the Obamas do get a less-than-"perfect" rescue dog.

[piasharn.livejournal.com]

Whoops... I only skimmed the comments. Now that you mention it, the article doesn't state outright that Baby was adopted by the Obama family. Good catch. (I guess I'm such a sucker for animal rescue stories that I didn't notice that part.)

I do seem to recall that he has expressed interest in adopting a shelter dog, and I certainly agree with you that it would be awesome if he did so.