Verizon Puts Leash on Pit Bull Ad
Monday August 4, 2008
Verizon Wireless is in the doghouse with PETA over a commercial showing two pit bulls chained up in a junkyard. Verizon has now pulled the commercial after PETA members sent more than 7,000 Emails to the wireless company's top execs.
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PETA says the reason the ad shouldn't be on the air is because, "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that chained dogs are nearly three times more likely to attack than dogs who are not chained." Verizon pulled the ad two days after PETA contacted the company. In a press release from the PETA Media Center, PETA says "a bouquet of flowers from PETA with a heartfelt thank-you note is on its way to Verizon's executive headquarters."
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PETA says the reason the ad shouldn't be on the air is because, "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that chained dogs are nearly three times more likely to attack than dogs who are not chained." Verizon pulled the ad two days after PETA contacted the company. In a press release from the PETA Media Center, PETA says "a bouquet of flowers from PETA with a heartfelt thank-you note is on its way to Verizon's executive headquarters."
Is this ad offensive? Discuss it.
