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Video: Ailing, Nearly Blind and Deaf Hound Makes Miraculous Transformation

Sarah was one of the saddest dogs PETA’s fieldworkers had ever encountered, which is saying a lot. But just look at her now.

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Solitary Confinement: Bad for Kids, Bad for Dogs

It’s time to end ALL solitary confinement.

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Video: Dogs Cry, Left Outside to Freeze During Blizzard

The animals’ whimpering will break your heart.

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There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays—Will Jason Get One?

Jason has never had a cozy home for the holidays—just a cold, filthy crate. Luckily, PETA volunteers found him. Now he has a chance at finding one!

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Things Are Looking Rosy for Pinky

A rescued pit bull with a case of mange so bad that it turned his skin hot pink gets a home for the holidays.

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You Won’t Believe These So-Called ‘Doghouses’

You’d probably throw away old mattresses or exercise equipment, but such castoffs are the only things standing between these dogs and the next snowstorm.

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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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Tangled Tether Almost Costs Dog Her Leg

We have no idea how long the dog had been immobilized, but one thing is certain: She needed help right away.

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Video: Cats Chained Outside

It doesn’t matter who’s at the end of the chain—chaining is wrong.

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Woman Protests Dog Chaining by Wearing Fur Coat in Sweltering Heat

A PETA supporter chained herself to a cinderblock to call on government officials to outlaw tethering.

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Officer: ‘The Poor Dog Did Not Make It’

Hot weather can be deadly, especially for dogs who are penned or chained outside.

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Emergency Call to Police: Protect K9 Officers from Dying in Hot Cars

In the wake of least 20 K9 officers dying in hot patrol cars in the past three years, PETA issues urgent plea to police to install lifesaving heat-alert systems.

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Tiny Dog Attacked Not Once but TWICE—and Lives to Tell About It

Two attacks by stray dogs left this intrepid little pup battered, but not broken.

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Sweet Dreams, Ms. Piggy

PETA fieldworkers extend one last act of kindness to an old friend they’ve been visiting for more than nine years.

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These Dogs Lived in a Shed for Months, but Their New Digs Will Warm Your Heart

While delivering straw to cold “backyard dogs,” PETA fieldworkers came across a shed and discovered something strange.

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The first World Day for Laboratory Animals protest in the U.S., 1980
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— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind

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