Puppy Mill Owners Charged
Our investigation into Nielsen Farms puppy mill made headlines—and prompted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to charge the owners with violations of the Animal Welfare Act. PETA worked with NBC's Dateline on an hour-long exposé of puppy mills and with mall owners to deny leases to pet shops. We produced a new video, narrated by actor Charlize Theron, urging viewers to adopt animals from shelters.


Community Animal Project Saves Lives
Focusing on the southeastern Virginia-North Carolina border, home of PETA's headquarters, our Community Animal Project (CAP) paid to sterilize 730 animals and built and delivered 437 free doghouses to offer warm, dry shelter to animals forced to live outdoors. CAP's many rescues included a dog kept outside, shivering and with nothing to drink but moisture collected in fallen leaves, and an abandoned dog with a chain embedded in his neck.


Teaching Respect for Wildlife
PETA's wildlife experts saved countless animals by educating people—and stopped the killing of ground squirrels, coots, beavers, and coyotes. Plans to poison birds in New York City and Las Vegas were canned, bowhunting was banned in Pocono Lakes, New York, and New Jersey canceled a bear hunt.


Breaking Language Barriers to Save Animals
PETA produced Spanish-language public service announcements starring Hispanic journalist María Celeste Arrarás. We also distributed Spanish-language literature on animal protection issues, as well as providing educational materials to schools in Puerto Rico, Spain, Mexico, and Central America.


PETA Caseworkers Exact Justice
Among our dozens of cruelty-caseworker victories, PETA successfully sought jail time for a Florida woman who left her starving dog to die on a chain and an Iowa man who stabbed and drove industrial-size staples into the family cat's head. We ensured that three teenagers who bludgeoned raccoons to death went to trial for their crimes.


International Aid
PETA worked to clean up deplorable conditions at an animal shelter in Turkey and helped a rescue center for dogs and cats in Thailand. We worked with animal protection agencies in India and Puerto Rico and helped sterilize cats in Greece. In the Dutch Antilles, we helped build a shelter for abandoned donkeys.

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