DOGS DESERVE BETTER is a nonprofit organization dedicated to freeing the chained dog, and bringing our 'best friend' into the home and family.
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Johnny Depp Signed Photo Brings over $1000 in DDB's First Annual "Collars for Dollars" Auction!
Dogs Deserve Better Auctions 18 Celebrity Items; Brings in over $3800.00 for their Efforts for Chained and Penned Dogs.
A black collar from Robin Williams family pet Gabby brought in over $400, and two others from William's dog MableMae, signed with each dog's name as well as Robin's, brought in a combined total of $350.00.
The group also received 2 collars from Daisy Fuentes' dogs Alfie and Rita, and one from Jack Hanna's dog Ben, Adrian Zmed's dog Kubby, Elvira's rottweiler Mina, Patrick McDonnell's friend Earl, and Betty White's dog Pontiac. All were been framed in shadow boxes with a photo of the celebrity, any personal notes, and a Dogs Deserve Better "Celebrity Collars for Dollars" inscription label specifying the celebrity name, his/her companion's name, and the date of the auction.
Dogs Deserve Better paired the celebrity auction with their annual Chain Off Event, taking place from June 30th through July 7th, 2007. During this year's event, "Unchain the 50", the group sought Freedom for Chained Dogs in every state in the nation. 108 volunteers in 36 states lived chained to doghouses for 8-24 hours to call attention to those who are still not free—dogs who live their entire lives at the end of a chain, ostracised from what they long for most: family, love, and attention...a "pack" in which to belong.
Chaining is not only inhumane for dogs, but has taken a severe toll on this nation’s children as well. In the period from October 2003 through May 2007, there were at least 143 children killed or seriously injured by chained dogs across the country. Chained dogs, unsocialized with humans, can become very territorial of their tiny space, and any two year old who wanders into this space can be attacked and killed before adults can intervene. A recent attack in Texas in March, 2007 left 2 year old Carolina Sotello dead from head and neck wounds. She was attacked and killed by an unneutered male pit bull chained in the backyard, next to an unspayed female with puppies.
Would you for one second choose to live the life of these dogs? No matter what reason is given, the bottom line is that it is NOT ok to chain a dog for life. Dogs should not have to live chained or penned as prisoners, yearning for a place in a family, craving acknowledgement, respect, and love. They DESERVE BETTER, and we as caretakers have the obligation to provide it for them.
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