Helping Animals Starts With You—Here Are 20 Simple Ways to Help Animals Every Day
Did you know you can make a big impact for animals through little actions in your everyday life? Helping animals doesn’t require special training, lots of money, or a major lifestyle overhaul. Some of the most effective actions are simple choices you can make every day—at home, online, or while you’re out and about. From sharing PETA investigations on social media to cooking vegan meals for friends, small actions can add up to meaningful change for animals.
20 Easy Ways to Help Animals Every Day
1. Wear Your Values on Your Sleeve
Ditch the sports team tee and wear an animal-friendly message. Better yet, combine them! Use your trip to the store, the ball game, or anywhere else to proudly express pro-animal messages.
2. Create a Drive-By Bulletin Board
Traffic jams don’t have to be a waste of time—you can use them to your advantage. Give drivers something to read besides your license plate. You can put a vegan bumper sticker on your car or stand above traffic jams with a light board with a vegan message. Let’s make that drive to work count!
Email [email protected] to inquire about borrowing a GO VEGAN light board kit.
3. Share Vegan Literature
Take animal liberation literature, leaflets, or stickers with you and leave them in public places such as waiting rooms, cafés, bulletin boards, or other community spaces.
4. Talk With Your Rideshare Driver
If you are a frequent Uber or Lyft passenger, consider chatting with your driver about animal liberation and suggesting some of your favorite local vegan spots in the area.
5. Stock Free Little Libraries
Leave vegan starter kits or animal-friendly cookbooks in Free Little Libraries in your neighborhood.
6. Share PETA Investigations and Videos on Social Media
Post PETA investigations and videos on social media or show them to friends and family. One share can reach dozens—or thousands—of people.
7. Use Stickers and Buttons
Place a PETA button or sticker on everyday items, such as your phone, water bottle, or laptop. These small visuals often lead to big conversations.
8. Turn Your Refrigerator Into a Vegan Haven
Magnets, posters, vegan cookbooks, and stickers are always great additions to the kitchen, especially if yours is often visited by friends who aren’t yet vegan.
9. Table at Community Events
Set up an information table at local fairs, markets, and other community activities, and get ready to amaze and educate passersby! Check out our guide to tabling.
Quick and easy actions like these can help you reach dozens of people a day with your message.
10. Spread Pro-Animal Messages Through Chalk Art
Chalk pro-animal messages in busy areas or in front of campaign targets. PETA can provide stencils you can use if art isn’t your thing!
11. Use Art as Advocacy
If you’re a visual artist, you can create murals, sketches, paintings, sculptures, mixed-media or digital artworks to spark conversations about animal liberation. Or, if you’re a musician, consider releasing a song with lyrics that speak up for animals! Whatever kind of artist you are, find unique ways to weave animal rights messages for the world to see or hear.
12. Attend a Demonstration
Passing out leaflets or holding signs can be an incredibly easy and effective way to speak out for animals. Please contact [email protected] to learn about demonstrations happening in your area or for tips on how to plan your own demonstration to help animals.
13. Host an Animal Rights Documentary Watch Party
Dominion, Blackfish, Sled Dogs, What the Health, and Seaspiracy are all impactful films that make for perfect conversation starters.
14. Advocate for Vegan Meals at Local Events
Encourage local organizations, such as churches, clubs, and camps, to offer vegan meals at all their functions.
15. Write Letters to Your Favorite Publications
Whether you get your news online or the old-fashioned way, you can easily send letters (via mail or through online submissions) about animal liberation issues to magazines or publications you read. A few minutes of writing can influence thousands of readers.
16. Host a Vegan Dinner Party
There’s no better way to promote compassion than by showing your officemates, club, or not-yet-vegan friends just how delicious, diverse, and easy vegan dining can be. Not sure what to make? Check out PETA’s vegan recipes for some great ideas.
17. Organize a Vegan Speaker Visit
Sponsor a speaker (or arrange to give a talk yourself!). Many local schools, universities, and civic clubs will host speeches on animal liberation. Contact us to find out if we have a contact at the venue that you’re considering. We can also provide you with ideas for possible speakers and information on becoming a speaker yourself.
18. Use Your Online Platforms
Add animal-friendly banners or links to your blog, website, or email signature. Digital visibility matters.
19. Cook for Someone in Need
Stock a local community fridge with vegan foods, offer to cook vegan meals for a local soup kitchen, or drop off a hot meal for someone you know who could use a little extra care.
20. Volunteer Together
Host a volunteer work party. You could write letters, help out at an animal shelter, or make banners or signs for a demonstration.
Opportunities Abound at PETA
We are always looking for passionate, hardworking people to join our team at PETA. You can get paid to make a difference by working for animals.
