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Danny Prater

Danny Prater

Danny spent the formative years of his life in rural Ohio, living among corn stalks and log cabins in the shadow of a ghost town that burned to the ground in the 1840s. Fittingly, you can often find him wearing plaid and sporting a burly beard. With a communications degree in hand from The Ohio State University, he moved to Los Angeles in 2012. In his free time, Danny likes to go for “long-ish” jogs, maintain his self-appointed title as the greatest Dr. Mario player on Earth, and dote upon his two feline companions and numerous succulents.

Did This North Korean Zoo Hook a Chimpanzee on Cigarettes to Sell Tickets?

Around the world, shabby roadside tourist attractions like this zoo are failing—and harming—great apes. When will the animals’ suffering end?

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An Australian Inventor Has Found a Way to Turn Potatoes Into Cheese

Sustainable, versatile, and delicious—could vegan potato cheese revolutionize the global cheese market?

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How You Discard Cans and Bottles Could Kill a Raccoon

You don’t need to wait for Raccoon Appreciation Day to show these little guys some love.

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Food
Worm Found in Chicken Breast: A Quick Reminder You’re Eating Someone’s Corpse

One photo can be enough to swear people off meat forever. After looking at this disturbing image, will you take the vegan pledge?

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Animal Companions
Gut-Wrenching Photos of Injured Kitten Show How Littering Hurts ALL Animals

Add litter to the list of perils that “outdoor” cats face each day. This little guy is lucky to be alive.

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Horse-Drawn Carriage Leaves Trail of Blood on Charleston Streets

This is just the latest in a string of incidents in Charleston in which horses or carriage riders have been injured.

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Horrifying: Spanish Crowd Cheers as Men Kill a BABY Bull

The bull was reportedly still nursing from his mother. No “tradition” can justify this horrendous display of human cruelty.

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8-Year-Old Girl Bites Into the Heart of a Deer She Shot for Fun

She likes the same things as other kids her age. You know: listening to music, talking to friends, eating the still-beating hearts of murdered animals …

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GoPro Video Captures Spear Hunter’s Twisted Reaction to Killing a Black Bear

Hunters and nonhunters alike are disgusted by this video. His gleeful reaction to killing will disturb you.

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A Flamingo Is Dead After a Man Allegedly Attacked Her at Busch Gardens

We can no longer be surprised when captivity ends in death. Pinky is just the latest victim.

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14 Show Dogs Die in Hot Truck as Woman Responsible for Them Takes a Nap

It’s hard to imagine how terrifying it must have been as, one by one, the dogs succumbed to the heat.

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Animal Companions
VIDEO: Live Puppies Thrown Into Fire by Group of Children

The horrific footage surfaced in southern India just weeks after a man was filmed throwing a dog off a third story roof in a different city.

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Mountain Goat Drowns After Being Chased Into Ocean by Crowd

This is the thoughtlessness that wild animals are up against.

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Animal Companions
Game of ‘Pokémon Go’ Turns Into Real-Life Quest to Save Injured Dog

You can’t make this stuff up.

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Dead Pit Bull Found Stuffed Into Suitcase Floating in New Jersey Lake

The dog may have been alive when he was zipped inside. PETA is offering up to $5,000 for info leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator.

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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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