Daisy Fuentes News: Actress and Model Defends Pit Bulls, Encourages People to Adopt From Animal Shelters
Model and actress Daisy Fuentes has come not only to the rescue of two pit bulls but also defends the pit bull breed in general, saying that they are some of the sweetest breeds of dogs.
"… There is a lot of prejudice and if you don't know how to really work with these kinds of dogs they can be a liability. I bonded with them within a few weeks, they got sweeter and sweeter and more attentive and obedient by the day, and cuddly," she shared during her exclusive interview with E!
Fuentes has adopted two stray pit bulls that were already considered for euthanasia. Thankfully, she recognized the possibility that the two could become the sweetest pets, hence, she didn't want to see them return to the shelter or end up with the wrong owner.
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"… I ended up taking them to an adoption event where they sat in these crates and people just look them over and every lovely family that passed by would stop and look, would play, but would also say, 'Oh, he's too big we don't have the room, we wish we could take him.'At the end of the day, I knew I had to adopt them." she revealed.
The pit bulls are a breed of dog that is reputed to show aggression even towards their owners. Recently, an 86-year old woman in North Carolina who just visited her daughter was fatally killed after she was attacked by two pit bull pets of her daughter. She died from severe blood loss due to the dog bites on her neck.
However, Fuentes does not only wish to defend the pit bulls from the misconception associated with them. As the model-actress has been an avid supporter of ASPCA, which quests against animal homelessness, she also appeals to the public to adopt dogs from the shelter instead of buying from pet shops.
According to Fuentes, while shelters do everything they can to take care of homeless dogs and other animals, they have limited space and resources. The longer a dog stays in the shelter, the higher the probability for it to be euthanized as it is pushed back with new and better looking dogs that arrive at the shelter. Depending on the shelter, the life of a dog under its ward may be determined by the availability of space or the length of its stay there.
"... Just to give you an idea, over 7 million animals enter shelters each year, and 3 million are euthanized," Fuentes disclosed.
