November 6, 2008 | Read Time: 1 minute
It’s been less than two days since Senator Barack Obama was elected president. But animal charities may have succeeded already in influencing a decision of the future president: what kind of dog to get his family.
Senator Obama said during his election-night speech that his daughters had “earned the new puppy that is coming with us to the White House.”
But the the San Jose Mercury News is reporting that the first family’s new dog probably won’t be a puppy after all. Instead, the Obamas will adopt, rather than buy, a dog, something that animal-rights groups have been lobbying for.
The president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent Mr. Obama a letter. Best Friends Animal Society started a petition drive. And the Humane Society of the United States also made an appeal, the Mercury News reports.
What kind of dog would you like to see replacing Barney and Miss Beazley, President George W. Bush’s terriers, in the White House?
