Thursday, June 2, 2011

Adopt a puppy, Nintendo will give you a hand!

The laudable initiative of Nintendo in collaboration with the National League for the Defense of Dog The National League for the Defence of the Dog and Nintendo presented in Milan on Nintendogs + Cats Program for the responsible management of dogs and cats. Godfather of the morning the showman Edoardo Stoppa, has always been involved in the fight against neglect and cruelty to animals.

The numbers are daunting: according to figures provided by the Ministry of Health, are more than 92,000 dogs abandoned in shelters who have entered on the national territory in 2009. Not to mention the summer, when you touch the peaks of early-which means that during the "hot" in June, July and August there is an average of 650 cases of early day, 25 hour, one every two minutes.

The main reasons of this phenomenon stems from the fact that it is not always easy to realize what it means to have at home a dog or a cat. To address this problem, the National League for the Defence of the Dog and Nintendo have activated the program Nintendogs + Cats for the responsible management of dogs and cats, a pioneering initiative, from June 20, for the first time in Italy, some care centers and animal welfare will use a video game to help educate prospective owners to the habits, needs and daily needs of their four-legged friends.

All those who will go to a kennel selected (the complete list will be published on the site legadelcane. Org) by the National League for the Defense of dog to adopt a dog or a cat, a week before more will receive a Nintendo 3DS software + Cats Nintendogs virtual pet to become accustomed to the daily tasks that require a real animal.

Through the Program + Cats Nintendogs for the responsible management of dogs and cats, the prospective adopters will have to take care of a virtual pet that will behave like an animal in the flesh and bones respond to the master's voice when he hears his name called, affectionately lick the face every time you come close to the screen of the console, and play with him just as he would a real one.

But in addition to games and caresses, like any pet, virtual pet will need also and above all care and attention.

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