PETA Artist Ilutrates Famous Disney Dogs As Neglected Pets To Help Fight Animal Abuse
According to statistics, 63.4 million US households own a dog. However, not all of them are treating them right. We all have hectic lifestyles, and it is completely understandable if you miss a walk or two in a month.
Any dog owner will tell you that. But occasional small neglect and blatant maltreatment are two different things.
In order to spread awareness about animal abuse, PETA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to animal rights, has transformed beloved Disney dogs into abandoned pets. Tiani Hernandez, 26, a resident of California and a fan of Disney, works as the senior social media artist for PETA.
In recent times, she has worked on a charitable campaign and produced paintings of characters like Pluto and the 101 Dalmations being chained and sent outside to fend for themselves. Hernandez claims that the illustrations were actually motivated by true cases of abuse that PETA's rescue team had previously uncovered.
"Even people who have never had a companion animal know and love these Disney dogs, so by drawing them in these horrible situations, hopefully, people will start to think about how much chained and penned dogs suffer," she said.
Take a look at these heartbreaking illustrations:
Hernandez says that she spent her childhood going to Disneyland with her family and watching Disney films with her mother. She added that she developed a love for animals at a young age thanks to her family.
"Disney has personified animals from the beginning, and has always held them in a high regard," Hernandez said. "They see them as sensing individuals with their own unique personalities. So growing up, I always had respect for animals, and I think a big part of that was from watching Disney movies."But as Hernandez said, not everyone has the same perspective on animals, particularly dogs.
Due to their chains, Lady and the Tramp are unable to interact or eat their pasta.
Tiani Hernandez/PETAAccording to her, PETA has discovered that dog owners exploit their pets as "cheap alarm systems" by keeping them chained to dog houses and other outside fixtures all year long. Occasionally, as seen in her "Lady and the Tramp" illustration, their chains are so short that they are unable to even reach their food.
Doug from "Up" describes the "chain of pain" using his talking collar.
Tiani Hernandez/PETAHernandez wanted to demonstrate not only how dogs are "social animals" who require affection and room to move, but also how many of them are compelled to face the harsh external weather because they lack shelter.
"Sometimes an overturned trash bin or plastic barrel is all they have, so several dogs have died of heat stroke on these summer days, and in the cold, they have frozen to death," Hernandez says. "So that's the idea with the illustration of Pluto. We want everyone to bring their dogs inside and treat them as members of the family."Pluto is baking in the sun, while Minnie and Mickey are cooling off indoors.
Tiani Hernandez/PETASlinky is kept outside, separated from the other toys.
Tiani Hernandez/PETAThe remake of "101 Dalmations" was motivated by PETA's recent rescue of roughly 40 dogs from a Michigan breeder
Tiani Hernandez/PETAHernandez hopes that after seeing these pictures, individuals will take action to free chained pets from their shackles.
