People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is taking a dig at The Duggars.
The controversial animal rights group has launched an advertising campaign poking fun at the stars of TLC’s 19 & Counting.
Arkansas residents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar have 19 children, 10 boys and nine girls — the youngest of which was born in December. The conservative family and their lives together is the subject of the popular basic cable docu-series.
The billboards — which went up this week in various cities around the family’s home state — reads “Doggies Multiply Faster Than Duggars. Be Responsible. Always Spay and Neuter.” PETA officials say they hope the ad captures the public’s attention and encourages pet owners to spay and neuter their cats and dogs. It is a problem the group says is causing millions of kittens and puppies to be dumped at animal shelters each year — where they face an uncertain future.
“The Duggar kids will probably never need to worry about having a roof over their heads or food in their mouths, but the millions of unwanted cats and dogs born each year in this country aren’t as lucky,” the group’s Executive Vice President Daphna Nachminovitch told
“>MomLogic.com last month. “The best way to keep cats and dogs out of animal shelters is to spay and neuter all four-legged family members.”
A post on PETA’s Official Blog reads: “The reproduction debate’s heating up as TLC prepares to air the fourth season of its Duggar Family hit, 19 Kids and Counting. This season, the Duggars have upped their clan size from 18 to 19, and it has some arguing yay or nay about the ‘Duggar-style’ approach to reproduction. We say, as long as Jim Bob and Michelle are able to keep a roof over their family’s head and modern-modest clothes on their backs, there’s a far more important reproductive issue at hand. So, we’re offering to run this billboard in the Duggar’s hometown of Tontitown, Arkansas, as well as in nearby Springdale and Fayetteville.”