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\u201cJust because animals look cute under the Christmas tree doesn\u2019t mean that they make good holiday gifts.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Asia launches a campaign which encourages people to think first before deciding to give cats and dogs as Christmas gifts to their friends and loved ones. This is after seeing the alarming amount of \u201cChristmas cats\u201d and \u201cChristmas dogs\u201d which are brought to animal shelters because they didn\u2019t fit into their ex-owner\u2019s lifestyle.<\/p>\n PETA reminds people that adopting a pet is something that requires commitment and should not be done on impulse. It is not something that you buy and forget about the day after. it needs a lot of patience, understanding, and a heap of money for sterilization, shots, deworming, grooming, food, and etc.<\/p>\n For people who wants to show their care for homeless animals during the holidays, PETA explains that people could also donate food, toys, and other items to their local animal shelter. \u201cPETA also encourages prospective guardians never to buy a dog or a cat from a breeder, as doing so robs animals in shelters of the chance at a loving home,\u201d PETA Vice President of International Campaigns Jason Barker said.<\/p>\n However, if you are sure in adopting an animal and has the ability and resources to do so, they recommend going to an animal shelter after the holidays to find one who fits their lifestyle.<\/p>\n For more information on animal adoption and cruelty-free Christmas gifts, please visit\u00a0PETAAsia.com<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or our\u00a0Facebook page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Animal Rights Group Warns That Dogs and Cats Are a Lifelong Commitment and Should Never Be Given as Surprise Gifts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[1526,1527,423],"class_list":["post-11065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-jason-baker","tag-people-for-the-ethical-treatment-of-animal","tag-peta"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/PETA-e1482214847274.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11065"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11121,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11065\/revisions\/11121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}