While PETA strongly encourages people to keep their dogs and other animal companions indoors—especially at this time of year — in order to protect their health and ensure their well-being and safety, reports of shivering dogs and last-minute calls for help have prompted the giveaway, the organization said in a statement.
The event will be held Friday at noon in the Tractor Supply Parking off Julian Allsbrook Highway. It will continue until all the straw is given away.
"All dogs deserve to live inside a real house, safe and dry, as part of the family," says PETA Senior Vice President Daphna Nachminovitch. "But because that isn't always the case, we hope people will come and fetch free straw so that dogs who are left outside have at least some small comfort on freezing winter nights."
