OK, I'm reading here that Katherine Heigl, who has adopted a child from Korea and whom I blogged about here, "and husband Josh Kelley unveiled [the COMPLETELY adorable!] Naleigh on their charity Web site."
I click on the website -- "Heigl's Hounds of Hope." I'm getting a bad feeling about this . . . .
And sure enough, under more COMPLETELY adorable pictures is this:
I click on the website -- "Heigl's Hounds of Hope." I'm getting a bad feeling about this . . . .
And sure enough, under more COMPLETELY adorable pictures is this:
Come meet some GREAT ADOPTABLE ANIMALS this Saturday, September 19th from 12 noon-3pm at Encino Park!Wonderful juxtaposition, huh? Adopt a baby, adopt a pet, your choice, same diff?!
Sigh.
how about the next line down - Get Your Dog Fixed for FREE!"
ReplyDeleteI don't like "here's our new child, give us some money for our foundation." It feels like an advertisement.
Very, very unfortunate. Pet-lovers would argue that taking in a new animal is like adding a family member. But I think any time "adoption" is used to pull the heartstrings for money--be it for a foundation or nonprofit--it's bad news. Just get out that checkbook, and an adorable creature will be yours. Sigh. Of course, people call me sensitive, too.
ReplyDeleteFunny you should bring this up.
ReplyDeleteI read this exact article last night and thought the same thing.
Kept shaking my head in disbelief, actually.
I can't stop looking at the baby and I know I shouldn't. The baby is tooooo cute, like they picked out an especially cute one for the movie stars. (Yes, I looked at the other pictures.) Seriously, a Canadian movie star got a boy once before it was even possible to adopt a boy because the Chinese gov't thought it was a big compliment.
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