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Category: Companion Animal Care

86 Companion Animals Spayed or Neutered, Thanks to PETA

PETA’s Mobile Clinics Division has helped spay or neuter more than 227,700 companion animals since it began. See the latest lifesaving event!

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Animal Companions
Mexico’s Homeless-Animal Crisis Is a Huge Problem—Here’s How PETA’s ‘Fixing’ It

In Chichimilá and Cancún, Mexico, scores of companion animals rolled up in style to PETA’s free spay/neuter clinics. Help us continue this vital work!

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Breeders, Beware! L.A. Passes Temporary Ban on Issuing Dog-Breeding Permits

Join PETA in calling on Mayor Bass to do her job and remind city shelters of theirs: to provide shelter to all animals in need.

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Nothing to ‘Snicker’ About: Mars Candy Tied to Bleeding Animals

Mars Inc. has a sick connection to what a recent PETA investigation exposed. Find out what the Snickers maker has to do with bleeding dogs and cats.

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U.S. Animal Shelters Are Facing an Unprecedented Surge of Cats and Dogs—Help Us ‘Fix’ the Crisis!

PETA’s viral “Just Spay Me” campaign is back by popular demand. Help us “snip” companion animal overpopulation in the bud!

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Animal Companions
See Why French Bulldogs Can’t Breathe: Their Skull vs. a Healthy Dog’s

What does a bulldog skull look like? Why do flat-faced dogs struggle to breathe? PETA answers your questions about breathing-impaired breeds.

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Parades, Adoptions, and 3,237 Animals Sterilized: CAP Winter 2023 Roundup

When an animal is in need, PETA fieldworkers do everything in their power to help. Learn more about their groundbreaking work.

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Photos: See How PETA Helped Dogs Forced to Endure Bitterly Cold Weather

When temperatures hit dangerous lows across North Carolina, PETA fieldworkers helped dogs left outside in the cold. Find out how you can take action for dogs, too.

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URGENT: Speak Out for a Cat Possibly Entombed in a Vent
Behind the Viral Videos: The ‘Cat Distribution System’ Exposed

Why is the “Cat Distribution System” all over TikTok? PETA points to problems with the concept and calls for responsible cat care.

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Victoria Scone surrounded by cats next to text "too much pussy can be a bad thing"
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This ‘Drag Race’ Contestant Is ‘Feline’ Fine and Helping to Fix a Huge Issue Cats Face

Victoria Scone, an international star from multiple “RuPaul’s Drag Race” franchises, has joined PETA U.K. for a special campaign—and it’s the cat’s meow.

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5 Minutes, Dozens of Lives Changed: The Latest Rescues in Ukraine

Owners killed, homes destroyed—for many animals in Ukraine, this can seem like the end. But it’s only the beginning, thanks to PETA-supported teams. Learn how to fuel their work!

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Victory! Rite Aid Is Phasing Out Greeting Cards Featuring Flat-Faced Dogs

What’s wrong with greeting cards featuring pugs or bulldogs? Rite Aid and PETA agree there’s nothing cheerful about animals who can’t breathe.

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Video: See Rescued ‘Backyard Dogs’ Thrive in Cancún Foster Home

When a local woman alerted us to two thin, chained dogs in Cancún, we acted immediately. See Kal and Abigail now.

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Hot Spay/Neuter Summer? PETA Says It Was!

When an animal is in need, PETA fieldworkers do everything in their power to help. Learn more about their life-changing work.

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Photos: See How PETA Helped Dogs Trapped in Tropical Storm Ophelia’s Path

See how PETA fieldworkers helped “backyard dogs” left outside in Tropical Storm Ophelia’s path when their owners failed to bring them indoors.

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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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