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Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Gender:  Posts: 3,441 Thanks: 10 Thanked 49 Times in 37 Posts Points: 214,042.75 Bank: 178,546.86 Total Points: 392,589.60 | From Wikipedia: Quote: Animal rights
Ever since his wife died (October 19, 1981), Barker has been an outspoken member of the animal rights movement and is known for ending every episode of The Price Is Right since the early 1980s by saying, "Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered." This practice was also done by now-dead game show hosts Jack Barry and Bert Convy. When the United States Postal Service created a series of postage stamps on this subject, one of the shows had a small segment whose only purpose was to publicize them. CBS respects Mr. Barker's stance and offers only those prizes that would compliment Bob's cause (although for the first ten years the shows did feature fur coats as prizes, and Barker has since forbidden the airing of those past episodes that featured fur coat prizes). To this day, Bob Barker's "DJ&T Foundation" contributes millions of dollars to fund animal rescue and park facilities all over the country.
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