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Governor, Lt. Governor Promote Pet Adoption

STATE OFFICIALS TOOK A STEP AWAY FROM THE STATE FAIRGROUNDS TUESDAY TO PROMOTE PET ADOPTION.

 

SELF-PROCLAIMED DOG LOVER GOVERNOR J-B PRITZKER TOURED AN ANIMAL SHELTER IN SPRINGFIELD AND TALKED ABOUT THERE BEING NO GREATER LOVE THAN THAT OF A DOG.

 

 

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JULAIANA STRATTON SPOKE AFTERWARDS, ASKING PEOPLE TO "ADOPT, DON'T SHOP."

 

 

A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE HUMANE SOCIETY WAS ALSO ON HAND AND SAID AN ESTIMATED ONE MILLION DOGS AND CATS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ADOPTED ARE EUTHANIZED EACH YEAR. 

 

GOV. PRITZKER POINTED OUT THAT IT'S CHEAPER TO ADOPT A SHELTER PET AND THAT MANY ANIMALS ARE ALREADY POTTY TRAINED AND READY TO GIVE A NEW FAMILY THEIR LOVE.

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