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Zachary Toliver

Zachary Toliver

Zachary spent most of his life bouncing around various rural Midwestern towns before finally settling down in the Pacific Northwest—largely because of the region’s phenomenal vegan food. If he’s not writing or playing banjo for a captive audience (aka “the two dogs who live with him”), you can assume he’s hiking in the Cascade mountains, rock climbing, or reading about the complex social lives of fish.

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Help This Barefoot Vegan Marathoner Raise $20,000 for ‘Backyard Dogs’

“I’m choosing to be uncomfortable for this fundraiser, but dogs who are forced to live chained outside in the extreme heat or cold don’t get to choose.”

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Did PETA UK Really Just Show Kids Slaughter Footage?

Do you think your children can handle knowing where their meat comes from? We want kids to know who they’re eating.

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PETA Thanks Jack Dorsey for $1B COVID-19 Relief—but What About Animal Tests?

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has pledged $1 billion for global COVID-19 crisis relief. PETA says, no animal-testing strings attached, please.

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COVID-19 Won’t Stop PETA President’s ‘Animalkind’ World Tour

PETA President Ingrid Newkirk’s world tour was grounded due to the COVID-19 outbreak, so she’s taking her “Animalkind” book tour online.

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PETA Victory! Kate McKinnon ‘Joe vs. Carole’ Series Uses CGI Tigers

PETA sent letters to actor Kate McKinnon and Universal Content Productions, urging them not to use real tigers in “Joe vs. Carole.” They listened.

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PETA Will Buy Every Betta Fish From Petco in Exchange for a Sales Ban

The coronavirus has created a unique opportunity for PETA to extend an olive branch of sorts to Petco and end our campaign against its sale of betta fish.

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Watch As Animal Rahat Rescues a Cobra From a Watery Grave

What can a snake do after falling into a well? Would passing humans put their speciesism aside and help this struggling living being in peril?

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Air France: Stop Shipping Monkeys to Labs for COVID-19 or Any Other Reason

Vaccine trials for COVID-19 are already underway in humans, yet experimenters still want to perform tests on monkeys. Tell Air France not to play this game.

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Careless Spring Breakers Ignoring COVID-19 Warnings: It’s Time to Go Vegan

If spring breakers in Florida were somehow still looking for a sign that the coronavirus pandemic should be taken seriously, PETA just gave it to them.

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Watch as Animal Rahat Helps a Scared Mother Cow Limping in Pain

Limping in pain, this scared mother cow didn’t know what to do to alleviate her agony. That’s when our friends at Animal Rahat answered a call for help.

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In the Dead of Winter, PETA Helped Animals When No One Else Would

Could you live outdoors in the winter, wet and muddy in near-freezing temperatures? Check out these photos of animals PETA aided in February.

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Victory! These Tethering Bills Will Prevent Dogs From Dying on Chains

This PETA-backed legislation ends dog tethering during extreme temperatures and severe weather. The minimum length of a tether will also increase.

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The 2020 Iditarod Is Over, but PETA’s Fight for Dogs Continues

Read a roundup of horrific incidents that occurred during the 2020 Iditarod, and find out how you can join PETA in taking action for dogs.

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Hey There, Delilah—You’re a Queen Who Needs a Loving Family

This 2-year-old sweetheart managed to survive living in a horrifically filthy hoarder’s home. If walks and cuddles are your jam, Delilah may be the girl for you.

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‘Animalkind’: Listen to the Best Animal Rights Book of 2020

“Animalkind” is an Amazon bestseller, and celebrities are raving about it—and now, it’s available to everyone who’d rather read a book with their ears.

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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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