ppotterfield
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I do not have children and am not much into pop culture and just learned yesterday that there is a new movie coming out from Disney in early August called Underdog in which one of the main characters, named Polly Purebreed, is a Blenheim Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. This presents real concerns about an explosion of overbreeding at the puppy mills and by BYB with potentially disastrous consequences. I e-mailed the officers and rescue chairs of both CKCSC and ACKCSC and asked if any effort had been made to ask Disney to do the responsible thing and run a trailer when the movie is shown or otherwise contribute to a campaign about responsible breeding, questions to ask your breeder before you purchase a dog, etc. I have not (yet) heard from ACKCSC but did hear from both the President and the Rescue Chair of the CKCSC who indicated they attempted to find someone at Disney to talk to but without success. Does anyone out there have any contacts at Disney for this type of issue? They need to understand this is not PETA folks opposing the use of animals in films, but responsible pet owners/breeders who simply want to educate the public about purchasing Cavaliers (and Beagles and any other breeds in the film) from those who care about the long term health and the good temperment of the puppies they breed. If you do have a contact, you can go the CKCSC (www.ckcsc.org) and the ACKCSC (www.ackcsc.org) websites and pass the information along yourself or you can e-mail me and I will pass it along. This seems like such a no brainer if we could just get the right people in touch with one another. (In fact, this may have already been done by someone but at least not to the knowledge of CKCSC folks.)
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