Guy Turns Old Tires Into Cozy Beds for Stray Dogs and Cats
Although common sense dictates it’s best to let sleeping dogs lie, nowhere is it written that they can’t do so with a touch of panache. And if the beds they lie in are a boost to the environment and give comfort to homeless pets? So much the better.
That’s just what Brazilian artist, environmentalist, and animal lover Amarildo Silva Filho was inspired to do after coming across a pile of used tires in his neighborhood a few years ago.
Where some saw trash, Silva Filho saw an opportunity for upcycling treasure that wound up making a world of difference to stray cats and dogs.
After collecting the tires and giving them a thorough cleaning, Silva Filho put his artistic vision to work fashioning personalized pet beds.
Once the custom paint jobs were complete, with the addition of hand-sewn mattresses, the colorful comfy cots were ready to be distributed to local shelters.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 6 | December 3, 2021 7:25 PM
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Who wouldn’t want their pet asleep at the wheel?
by Anonymous | reply 1 | December 3, 2021 12:31 PM
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That's brilliant 3rd world capitalism right there. Sure beats the old uses.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 2 | December 3, 2021 12:45 PM
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Paint is not environmentally friendly so this project causes more harm than good.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | December 3, 2021 12:52 PM
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How toxic is the tire leaching old fumes into your pet in a 360 container?
by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 3, 2021 12:57 PM
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You are not supposed to pain rubber like that either, it sort of eats the rubber, slow toxic fumes.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 3, 2021 12:58 PM
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[quote] How toxic is the tire leaching old fumes into your pet
I know. Better if he had just treated these poor stray animals the same way PETA does.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 6 | December 3, 2021 7:25 PM
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