The soft spoken Jhene Aiko links up with Peta 2 for an animal adoption PSA. As she embraces a furry feline, “The Pressure” songstress talks about the importance of adopting as opposed to buying.

“It’s important to adopt rather than buy, because there’s so many animals in the shelters that need homes. And they have anything you want …. I just feel like it’s better to give those animals a second chance,” Aiko says.

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Every year, 6 to 8 million cats and dogs enter U.S. animal shelters hoping for a home. The sad fact is that half of those animals will eventually be euthanized. Adopting from a shelter instead of purchasing animals from pet stores or breeders is an easy (and rewarding!) way to help save someone’s life—not to mention that pet stores have proved time and again to be little shops of horror to the animals locked inside.

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