Welfare: Don't paint your pets
30/05/2006 13:21  - (SA)  

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Berlin - An animal welfare group has a message for fanatical World Cup followers: Don't paint your pets.

Germans who want to show their four-legged friends' support for Jurgen Klinsmann's team should instead buy them jerseys in the national colours of black, red and yellow, European Animal and Nature Protection said.

"No one needs to torture his dog by thoughtlessly painting it out of justified enthusiasm," Norbert Guenster, the head of the German-based organization, said in a statement on Tuesday.

The group issued its warning as anticipation mounts ahead of the tournament, which opens June 9 when hosts Germany play Costa Rica.

- SAPA

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