'Queen of All Media' Honored for Dedicating TeddyHilton.com to Animal Advocacy
For Immediate Release:
February 28, 2011
Contact:
Kristin Richards 757-622-7382
Los Angeles — For constantly advocating for animals on his new TeddyHilton.com blog, Perez Hilton has won PETA's Proggy Award for Most Compassionate Blog. PETA's Proggy Awards ("Proggy" is for "progress") are presented to people, companies, and organizations that exemplify animal-friendly progress in culture and commerce.
Hilton is well known for his acerbic wit and celebrity commentary on PerezHilton.com, and recently, he has put his pen to use to help animals, creating TeddyHilton.com, a website named for his own beloved dog, Teddy. Through his blog on the site, Hilton has tackled a wide range of animal-related subjects—from the ways in which animals are skinned alive for their fur, barbarically force-fed for foie gras, and abused in chemical tests to the many Hollywood celebrities who are spotted walking and playing with their dogs. Hilton tells his TeddyHilton.com readers in no uncertain terms that fur is not fabulous and that good canine guardians keep their dogs inside as part of the family—not outside on a chain.
"Everyone in their own small ways can help make the lives of animals better—on a daily basis," Hilton told PETA in an exclusive interview on the set of his "Save the Seals" photo shoot. "From something as simple as not buying makeup that's tested on animals to spaying and neutering … so that … we don't have tons of animals in the shelters and … not wearing fur."
Hilton will receive a framed certificate and the opportunity to use the Proggy logo on any TeddyHilton.com promotional materials.
For more information and to read about other Proggy winners, please visit PETA.org.