Giuliana Rancic

A small roundtable of animal advocates and cabinet members met in Washington, DC yesterday to launch a working group dedicated to making this country a safer place for our dogs. We gathered at the Department of Justice, because justice is exactly what our dogs need now more than ever.

We can no longer stand by and watch the horrific abuse many dogs endure. From criminal dog fighting, to illegal breeding at puppy mills, cruel laboratory tests, abuse on our city streets and a broken shelter system that euthanizes adoptable dogs in record numbers, the system is failing them. It’s time for real change. And sometimes to create change, you have to go to the top.

Decades of a broken system won’t be fixed in a single day, but it only takes one day to form an alliance, make a commitment, and begin the focused work - supported by a strategic administration-wide approach - to ensure our beloved pets receive the action they deserve.

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