When a PETA activist informed us that Jessie's Pet Paradise, a Castle Rock, Colorado, pet store, was selling sick puppies, we worked closely with her to make closing the store a priority. We assisted her in organizing demonstrations, collecting signatures from people who had bought sick puppies from the store, and publicizing her efforts.

After a demonstration against Jessies Pet Paradise sparked the interest of the local media, a television station conducted an undercover investigation at the store, and a U.S. Department of Agriculture inspector discovered a potentially deadly parvovirus outbreak and no appropriate isolation area for sick puppies.

The owner of Jessie's Pet Paradise was summoned to court, charged with 15 counts of knowingly selling sick animals and seven counts of failure to quarantine, and Jessie's Pet Paradise has been permanently closed!

PETA worked with Aruba's government to help replace T-61--an unacceptable euthanasia agent that can cause extreme burning pain and is difficult to administer humanely--with sodium pentobarbital, the most humane method of euthanizing unwanted, sick, or injured cats and dogs.

Following a PETA action alert and protests targeting the company, which resulted in thousands of e-mails to the company's executives, PetSmart has announced that it will no longer sell rabbits in its stores! Considering that thousands of rabbits are abandoned to die in animal shelters every year, this is big news for bunnies--and for people who care about their well-being. To read the latest on PetSmart, click here.