Can Alex Pacheco's Food That Sterilizes Dogs Solve the World's Stray Problem? Jennifer Cohen - Dogster
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Alex Pacheco, founder of 600 Million Dogs

Former PETA chairman Alex Pacheco believes so, and his non-profit group, 600 Million Dogs, has such a food in development.

He's the person who gave birth to the animal rights movement in the United States. Heck, he's the reason the phrase "animal rights" became a household word. His work while at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) helped to save millions of lives. Now he's focused on preventing the births of stray dogs.

In 1980, Alex Pacheco co-founded PETA. He grew the organization from a few people in a basement to the world's largest animal rights organization. Specializing in undercover investigations, litigation, and lobbying, Pacheco served as the organization's chairman for 20 years, making people around the world change the way they think about how animals are treated.

Pacheco and PETA parted ways in 2000, and since 2009 he’s been focusing his efforts on the global pet overpopulation crisis. His nonprofit group, 600 Million Dogs, is working to develop a dog food that will sterilize dogs and, he believes, end the cycle of suffering for the 600 million homeless, diseased, and starving stray dogs around the world -- without surgery or euthanasia. ?

Unlike human birth control pills, Spay Food will work in a single dose for both male and female dogs. A formula for cats is also in the works.

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