The organization believes the Obama family should have adopted from a shelter

Aug 22, 2013 20:31 GMT  ·  By
The Obamas should have adopted a dog from a shelter, green group PETA argues
   The Obamas should have adopted a dog from a shelter, green group PETA argues

Only a few days ago, the White House announced that the Obama family had a new dog: a one-year-old pup named Sunny. As reported at that time, the dog was purchased from a breeder in Michigan.

Animal rights activists at PETA were anything but happy to hear that, instead of adopting from a shelter, the Obamas had decided to buy their new pet.

Commenting on President Obama's refusal to turn a rescue dog into a new member of his family, PETA member Ingrid Newkirk said that, “The President seems to be in the doghouse again.”

“Just one day after The Washington Post revealed that the dog and cat overpopulation crisis is so severe that the Washington Humane Society is stacking cats in cages in the hallways and cramming too many dogs into kennel runs, the Obama family apparently failed to listen to the plea of ‘adopt, don’t buy’ that greeted the arrival of the First Dog, Bo, and acquired Sunny, the Second Dog, from a breeder, which is the animal-protection world equivalent of kicking a hobo,” she added, as cited by Ecorazzi.

The Obamas maintain that, since both Malia and Natasha suffer from allergies, they really didn't have much choice except get the pup from a breeder.