Target: Dr. Christopher Kennedy, Chair of the Canadian Council on Animal Care Board of Directors
Goal: Protect rodents from deadly plastic in their enclosures.
Guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, gerbils, and other rodents are popular pets that are supposedly easy to keep. Available accessories and cages are designed to attract pet parents with bright colors, cute designs and lots of fancy paraphernalia. What most of these items have in common is that they are made out of plastic which turns these adorable cages into deadly traps.
Gnawing on plastic can lead to a gruesome death for your beloved pet, as the ingested plastic severs sensitive tissue in the animal’s gut. Slipping on the smooth surfaces leads to fatal injuries or kills them immediately. Most plastic accessories are very hard to clean, leaving wet debris to grow bacteria. The pets, unable to escape their fate, find a horrible end through severe sickness. Plastic tunnels make it impossible for the animals to obtain a sufficient amount of oxygen, suffocating them in their sleep. Even for transport purposes plastic has to be avoided, as it only takes seconds for an animal to be killed by this vile material. Once a pet succumbs, the cages are carelessly thrown away, left undisturbed to poison our environment.
Plastic needs to be replaced by safe materials such as cork, wood, and stainless steel. Sign this petition to save animals from a cruel death through the wicked properties of plastic.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Dr. Kennedy,
Thousands of innocent animals are forced to live in plastic cages that become their tombs. Plastic accessories are death traps that cause severe illness, break animal’s limbs, and damage essential organs. Claustrophobic tunnels don’t allow pets to get enough oxygen, killing them unknowingly in their sleep. How is it possible that people all over the world try to reduce their plastic waste while pet stores are filled with a disturbing amount of this material?
Not only are animals the victims of the overuse of this repulsive material, but also our environment. Plastic cages that are of no use for the consumer are neglectfully thrown away, polluting our already suffering planet.
Plastic has no place in animal enclosures and should cease to be used. I urge you to ban its use in pet cages, and replace it with safe materials such as cork, stainless steel, and wood.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: Keren Tan
Stop abusing animals!
Animal abusers must be put to death!
This will NEVER change until we stop drilling for and using oil. If we can adopt sustainable energies, we will end the plastic cycle, end the climate crises and clean up the Earth for every living thing including man.
Plastic is the WORST POLUTER
sustainable energy people !!!!