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PETA to Octuplet Mom: Please Don't Buy a Pig

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 28, 2009 7:15 PM CDT

(Newser) – PETA is asking Octomom to hold off on the pets, please. After reports surfaced that Nadya Suleman wanted to buy a dog and a pig—an idea hatched in the pre-flu days, presumably—the animal-rights group wrote Suleman a letter pleading with her to reconsider "adding two more dependents to your family," Us Weekly reports.

"Like children, pigs and dogs are intelligent, social beings with complex needs," says the letter to the mother of 14. "They require a lot of attention, space, and exercise as well as a huge financial commitment."

In this March 11 photo, Nadya Suleman leaves her home in Whittier, Calif.
In this March 11 photo, Nadya Suleman leaves her home in Whittier, Calif.   (AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)
In this Feb. 27 file photo, Nadya Suleman leaves her mother's home in Whittier, Calif.
In this Feb. 27 file photo, Nadya Suleman leaves her mother's home in Whittier, Calif.   (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
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Keeping a pig outside and making him or her a playmate for your children ... is not an acceptable way to treat an intelligent animal such as this. - Michelle Cho, PETA

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paul123
Apr 29, 2009 12:05 PM CDT
Probably the one and ONLY time I will agree with PETA on anything. Finally a statement rooted in common sense from this group. Oh well, even a blind squirrel can find a nut every once in a while...
Corona_Kinq
Apr 29, 2009 10:29 AM CDT
Ditto. Damn, now I'm hungry for ribs. Thanks PETA!!!!
northeast
Apr 29, 2009 3:58 AM CDT
Usually I mock PETA for being the only lobby organization that releases press releases on a sixth-grade reading level, but I love the little jab about children needing a financial commitment and attention...

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