Three Canadians walked by and seemed disappointed that the dancing
condoms weren't dispensing miniature versions of themselves for men. But
one seemed surprised to learn that dogs and cats can't wear condoms:
"There's no prototype yet?" he asked in his jocular French accent. He
then grabbed one of the furry condoms while his friend snapped an
exuberant pic, and they scampered away, pamphlet-less.
Another man in a Polo tucked into his khaki shorts refused the PETA reading material but asked where Eddie Bauer was.
But PETA campaigner Virginia Fort was determined to deliver the message.
Whenever people stopped to play with the condoms, Fort plied them with
animal birth control pamphlets that featured, appropriately, a wiener dog. "Six to eight million unwanted dogs and cats end up in animal
shelters each year," she said, adding that half of those are euthanized
just to make room for more. "It's important that our animals aren't
adding to our global overpopulation crisis."
There's no state more overrun by dogs than Missouri, which is known as
the puppy mill capital of America. Things might be getting better: the
Missouri Puppy Mill Act is coming up on the November ballot. If
passed, it will require breeders to meet basic standards of care for
their animals and limit breeding numbers. But PETA doesn't condone ever
buying from a breeder.
"Every time you buy at the pet store, you're
essentially killing an animal in the shelter," Fort said. Supporting the breeding
industry is not the answer."
Making eunuchs of your pets is. If only animals had the
opposable thumbs to open the wrappers, they could be exposed to all the
pleasures of condoms. Pinky, half of the
bouncing contraceptive pair on the sidewalk, said she enjoyed playing the role of rubber. "Oh, feels great!" squeaked the little voice from
inside the plush plus-sized penis. "Condoms feel awesome! Too bad animals can't
wear them so we have to spay and neuter!"
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