Pet activists want to punish a man cruel to puppy 06/16/2011

Pet activists want to punish a man cruel to puppy

06/16/2011
Animal rights activists and thousands of members of the public expressed outrage yesterday over a photo on Facebook showing a puppy pegged to a clothes line in the Philippines.

The photo was apparently posted by a young Filipino man on his Facebook account, where he initially ignored reprimands by pet lovers and boasted he would not be jailed for “washing” his dog.

The photo showed a small puppy hanging by five plastic pegs to a clothes line.

After going viral on the Internet, the link was picked up by animal rights activists, including the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which launched an investigation..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110616nat3.html