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Alisa Mullins

Alisa Mullins

Alisa regularly contributes to PETA’s Animal Times magazine, and her writing has also been published in The New York Times, The Charlotte Observer, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Reader’s Digest, Newsweek, and many other newspapers and magazines. Her proudest achievement was participating in a sit-in at Calvin Klein’s office that led the designer to swear off fur. Alisa is an avid gardener and HGTV addict who is never happier than when she has a shovel or paintbrush in her hand.

Animal Companions
Now We Know Why This Dog Wasn’t Wagging Her Tail

Help arrives just in time for a little dog who had been hit by a car.

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This Little Bunny Went to Capitol Hill (Photo)

A PETA “rabbit” keeps things hopping at a government cosmetics-testing meeting.

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Video: You Won’t Believe This Woman’s Reaction to Seeing Her Cat Again

Beau hadn’t eaten for a long time. Nothing. He couldn’t hold on much longer, so we hoped for a miracle—and with help from PETA, he got one.

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When Adam Met Eve (Photos)

Eve, the cat with a taste for “forbidden” fruit, gets a new home.

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Cute black-and-white dog at PETA Adoptathon
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These Dogs Are So, So Happy to Be Adopted (Photos)

They came, they saw, they fell in love at PETA’s “Fall” in Love Adopt-a-thon.

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Tabby kitten with red ball of yarn
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Los Angeles County Votes to Save Lives Right ‘Meow’

Los Angeles County supervisors are “paw”-sitively saving more than nine cat lives.

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This Chained Dog Got Fed Every Day … Unless It Was Raining

A dog who used to spend every hour alone outdoors—even in terrible weather, when he wasn’t fed—is seeking a fair (and foul) weather friend.

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Animals’ Favorite Playboy Playmates

The iconic men’s magazine “Playboy” is pulling its pin-ups, but have no fear: Here at PETA, we’d still rather bare skin than wear skin.

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Priceless: Mama Dog and Son Abandoned at Yard Sale Meet New Family

An adoption odyssey takes two tiny Chihuahuas all the way from rural Virginia to Big Sky Country.

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These Cats Love PETA’s Spay/Neuter Clinic (Photos)

PETA spays and neuters more than 120 cats and dogs during three-day marathon.

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Public Swimming Pool Goes to the Dogs

PETA makes a splash at three local events near our Norfolk, Virginia, headquarters, the Sam Simon Center.

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Photo by Barbara Hays/Norfolk Animal Care Center
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It’s Aliiiiiiiive! Watch Cancer Grow in an Unlikely Place

An innovative company makes watching cancer grow kind of cool.

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Brown mixed-breed dog lying on carpet
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These Dogs Didn’t Have to Die Frightened and Alone on a Dirt Road

What happens when shelters turn away animals in need? The animals suffer and die somewhere else.

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These Dogs Were Put in Crates—and Never Came Out

Not only is confining a dog to a crate for hours (or days) at a time cruel, it can also be deadly.

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You Need Help, and These Cats Know It

Do you have an opening for a certified stress reducer? Have we got the job candidate for you!

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“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?”

— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind

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