After PETA fieldworkers found two emaciated dogs, Chance and Kayana, suffering from apparent starvation and neglect on a Gates County property, authorities filed cruelty-to-animals charges against their custodians. Chance was so weak that he couldn’t lift his head and was suffering from hypothermia, while Kayana also required urgent veterinary care. Working with local law enforcement, … Read more »
PETA fieldworkers responding to a Bertie County property during dangerously cold winter weather found a dog named Cinnamon chained outdoors with a collar embedded in her neck. The wound was infected and required immediate veterinary care. After alerting authorities, PETA rushed Cinnamon for treatment and worked with local officials to ensure the case was investigated. … Read more »
When PETA fieldworkers discovered a dog named Yale tethered outdoors in Bertie County, they found that a heavy chain had become deeply embedded in his neck, causing a severe infection and immense suffering. Yale’s condition was so grave that euthanasia was the only humane option. Following PETA’s investigation and referral to authorities, Yale’s owner was … Read more »
After PETA fieldworkers discovered the decomposing remains of three dogs, Juju, Drako, and Eve, still chained by their doghouses on a Bertie County property, authorities filed criminal charges against their owner. For years, PETA had regularly visited the property, providing food, doghouses, water buckets, and other aid while urging that the animals be surrendered to … Read more »
After hearing from tens of thousands of compassionate people, the Harper County, Kansas Board of Commissioners rejected a local man’s application to keep and bleed numerous dogs there.
Local law enforcement contacted PETA for help with a dog named SJ found in a vacant house in Hertford County, North Carolina, where he’d apparently been left for dead. PETA responded and rushed SJ for emergency veterinary care. SJ was found to be emaciated, suffering from dehydration, hypothermia, persistent bloody diarrhea, and too weak to … Read more »
For months, PETA pushed for the Colorado Department of Agriculture to require facilities licensed under the Pet Animal Care and Facilities Act to house snakes in enclosures that provide at least enough space for the snakes to fully extend. PETA’s joint petition for rulemaking with the Colorado Reptile Humane Society launched the effort, which culminated … Read more »
After PETA fieldworkers found a young pit bull mix named Cameron tethered outside in Emporia, Virginia, malnourished and dehydrated with severe demodectic mange causing inflammation, secondary infection, and significant pain all over his body, they worked diligently to obtain custody from his apparently neglectful owner. Local law enforcement became involved and charged Cameron’s former owner, … Read more »
After PETA fieldworkers discovered a young hound mix named Coe Joe trapped in a crate filled with his own waste on a property in Halifax County, North Carolina, they immediately obtained custody of him and rushed him for emergency veterinary care. Coe Joe was severely emaciated, suffering from parasites, and too weak to survive; he … Read more »
After working closely with PETA, Mayor Betsy Stix and the Ojai City Council voted to adopt a groundbreaking new law—the Companion Animal Protection Ordinance—making Ojai the first city in the U.S. to ban what many European countries describe as “torture breeding”: the purposeful breeding of animals to have deformed bodies and extreme features that cause … Read more »
Following a PETA investigation and the hard-fought passage of a landmark California bill to phase out the operation of businesses that keep dogs perpetually caged for their blood, Hemopet—a captive-canine blood bank in Garden Grove—shut down. No more greyhounds will be warehoused in tiny crates and barren kennels at this dog prison and sham “rescue” … Read more »
RKD Group—a marketing and fundraising services provider for nonprofit organizations—became the latest company to commit to leaving pugs, bulldogs, and other breathing-impaired breeds (BIB) of dogs out of its future ads, joining the Ad Council, Ogilvy, Wieden + Kennedy, Wunderman Thompson, and others! BIBs are deliberately bred to have distorted and restricted airways, and millions … Read more »
After meeting with PETA, Hill Holliday—one of the largest ad agencies in the U.S.—joined the Ad Council, Leo Burnett Chicago, Ogilvy, Wieden+Kennedy, Wunderman Thompson, and many other major ad agencies in not using images of pugs, bulldogs, or other flat-faced dog breeds in newly produced ads! These dogs are purposely bred to have deformities that … Read more »
After discussions with PETA, Wieden+Kennedy—one of the largest independent ad agencies in the world—committed to leaving images of breathing-impaired dog breeds (BIB) out of its ads! BIBs include bulldogs, pugs, Boston terriers, and other dogs bred to have life-threatening deformities that cause labored breathing, snorting, coughing, gagging, vomiting, and collapsing. A growing list of compassionate … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, The Cordish Companies—whose portfolio includes dozens of notable properties, including Charleston Place and Xfinitity Live!—posted signs to warn about the deadly danger of leaving dogs and children unattended in parked cars. It also asked security personnel at its properties to be on the lookout for them. It joins Simon Property Group, … Read more »
