Celebrities Who Adopt Dogs and Cats and Support Sterilising Them

Did you know that just one unsterilised female dog and her offspring can produce 67,000 puppies in only six years? In seven years, one female cat and her offspring can produce 370,000 kittens. Sterilisation eliminates the stress and discomfort that females endure during heat periods and greatly reduces the risk of developing mammary cancer. Neutering makes males far less likely to roam or fight.

World Spay Day is 24 February. “Spaying” is the sterilisation of female animals, while “neutering” is the sterilisation of male animals.

The following celebrities are among those who support PETA’s campaign to promote the adoption of homeless cats or dogs from the streets or animal shelters, our pro-sterilisation efforts or both:

• Alia Bhatt

•  Amy Jackson

• Ashwini Ponnappa

• Ayushmann Khurrana

• Dino Morea

• Gulshan Grover

•  Imran Khan

•  Jay Sean

•  Kalki Koechlin

• Kapil Sharma

How can you #StopDogHomelessness? Be like @KapilSharmaK9 who adopted Zanjeer. pic.twitter.com/Y5InqqgDvy

— PETA India (@PetaIndia) January 19, 2015

•  Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Adopted a rescued pup from Hope and Animal Trust Ranchi .v call her Leah in English and Liya in Hindi pic.twitter.com/Kf2AdCum0q

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) August 1, 2013

• Pooja Bhatt

Just found a kitten with the most zen like temperament on the street. Plan to fix her with immediate effect.Please help me find her a home! — Pooja Bhatt (@PoojaB1972) August 1, 2013

• Raveena Tandon-Thadani

• Rohit Sharma

• Sania Mirza

• Sidharth Malhotra

• Sonakshi Sinha

• Sunny Leone

• Tannishtha Chatterjee

• Trisha Krishnan

Inspired?

Pledge to adopt a homeless dog or cat when you’re ready to add an animal companion to your family and never buy them from pet stores or breeders. Visit your local animal shelter if you have the time, space and resources to offer a loving home to a dog or cat, and always make sure you sterilise your cat or dog to help reduce the homeless-animal crisis.