… from a miserable life under a pile of heavy cinder blocks and plywood? This makeshift pen was “home” for a sweet 5-month-old mutt named Dollar, who was discovered by a PETA fieldworker in North Carolina. Our relentless efforts to educate people about the terrible mental and physical suffering endured by backyard dogs—as … Read more »
This is the story of 16 freezing, emaciated dogs on a property in a rural town in Kentucky. The dogs were so thin that their ribs were visible and you could count each vertebra in their spines. Two dogs were tied to empty barrels, another spent all day every day tethered to a dilapidated doghouse, … Read more »
insidesocal / CC A 5-year-old girl in Thomasville, Georgia, has died of her injuries after she was reportedly attacked by her family’s pit bulls while she was playing on a trampoline. Carol Jones, the executive director of the Thomas County Humane Society, missed the point when she responded to this attack by telling people to … Read more »
After more than 7,000 e-mails of complaint from our wonderful members and supporters, Verizon has pulled an ad depicting two chained pit bulls who were straining at their chains in a junkyard. They may now realize that the sight of miserable, lonely, aggressive dogs just doesn’t help them hawk cell phones. Pit bulls are by … Read more »
One thing that many of you probably don’t know is that many of our dedicated, awesome staffers take time out of their weekends to help “backyard” dogs. During the cold weather season, this committed team delivers straw to cold, needy dogs every weekend—no exceptions. We do this because straw never freezes and is the best … Read more »
Because it’s cold. And the situation for dogs who are kept chained outside as if they were some kind of furry lawn ornament is drastic. If you want to do something to help so-called “back yard” dogs in your area, we’ve got some great resources here. And we also have a nice little “unchain a … Read more »
