I Am Not A Toy

I Am Not A Toy Daniel Johns from Silverchair, Krista Vendy, Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore, ex Democrats Leader Andrew Bartlett, Judith Durham, Bianca Dye, Frenzal Rhomb, Joan Jett, Uri Geller and many others all say no to buying animals from pet shops.

Please tell your friends/workmates/relatives about our campaign. Please sign the petition, please buy our stickers, please donate to SAY NO and please download our leaflets for distribution.

We need to educate the public. Most people say "But that's where you buy animals from - a pet shop!!!". They just don't know what's going on. They'd be horrified if they knew that over 200,000 lovable and homeless animals have to be euthanised every single year in Australia.

Please also tell everyone you know not to think they are 'rescuing' an animal from a pet shop when they purchase it - this only makes way for others to suffer. Backyard breeders and puppy farms are making millions from the breeding of animals - with your help we are already making a big difference.

"I will never understand why people continue to breed animals, When there are already so many animals here to exploit and abuse."
~ Greg Lawson - ParkStranger@aol.com
"If you love animals, please support Say No To Animals In Pet Shops. Why encourage people to breed animals for profit while so many loving animals are killed for no crime other than not being able to find a home? If you want a pet, please make your first stop the local shelter or pound and save a life."
Daniel Johns - Silverchair - February 2005
"Think about it - what happens to animals which the pet trade cannot sell - animals past their 'sell-by date'? What happens to animals when the shop closes up at night, at the weekend and over the holidays? What do pet traders do about sick animals, given that the time and cost of veterinary consultations, transport and treatment would often outweigh the selling price? Buying to rescue an animal from a pet shop merely makes room for the next one to suffer".

In 2005 we here at SAY NO TO ANIMALS IN PET SHOPS are looking forward to a year when we really let the public know just where those animals in pet shops come from; why they should consider adopting a companion animal from a pound or shelter and that we're angry and not going to sit back quietly while hundreds of thousands of animals are put to death annually. We've got a couple of thousand members nationwide - and more joining every single day.

The Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, officiated at a SAY NO leaflet handout in Sydney a year ago and she too is horrified and angry at the outrageous waste of innocent animal lives each and every year. When nigh on 200,000 abandoned cats and dogs are put to sleep every year in Australia - it really is a crying shame. Most animal agencies such as the RSPCA stand with us in our campaign.

We have recently been awarded a $1,000 grant from the Voiceless program aided by the actor Hugo Weaving (www.voiceless.org.au) and in 2005 we intend to spend this money very wisely on a standout advertising campaign. We continually go from strength to strength, educating the public as to the shame of greedy puppy farmers and backyard breeders who make their fortunes from breeding and selling unfortunate animals to pet shops. Most of these animals are shopping mall impulse buys and they end up eventually at the local shelter or pound.

Please come along to our website - buy some beautiful SAY NO stickers, download our leaflets and sign our petition.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,7983694%255E1702,00.html

Ban 'pet shop animal sales'

A GROUP opposed to the sale of animals in pet shops wants the federal government to legislate against the backyard breeding of domestic pets. A former singer of the 1980s band Adam and The Ants, June Bird, an organiser of Say No To Animals in Pet Shops, said today thousands of animals were killed in shelters around Australia every year because they were not claimed.

As part of the group's campaign for federal laws to restrict mass breeding and to improve conditions for animals in pet shops, members today handed out leaflets in Sydney.

"Pet shops should be for collars and pet food," Ms Bird said.

"They do not provide a suitable environment for animals or make buyers aware of their responsibilities."

Ms Bird said the group would not give up until the government legislated to stop cruelty to animals.

Supporters of Say No To Animals in Pet Shops include Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett and pyjama king Peter Alexander.