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Category: Cruel Practices

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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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What ‘Making a Murderer’ Didn’t Say About Cruelty to Animals

Cruelty to animals is a red flag that must be taken seriously.

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People Will Decapitate Snakes in Florida, Compete for Prize

PETA urges organizers to ban the cruel decapitation of nonnative Burmese pythons and stop offering cash prizes to those who kill snakes.

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Just What the World Doesn’t Need: Two More Dog Breeds

Belief in the sanctity of “pure bloodlines.” Striving for a “master race.” A superiority complex. The AKC isn’t so different from the KKK.

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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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UPDATE: Woman Who Tortured Animals Found Guilty in Federal Court

In a historic decision, a woman who made videos of herself torturing animals became the first person convicted for “crush” videos in federal court.

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Animal Companions
These Dogs Were Put in Crates—and Never Came Out

Not only is confining a dog to a crate for hours (or days) at a time cruel, it can also be deadly.

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Petland Cruelty Exposed—Again!

A former Petland employee’s Facebook post went viral this week for exposing neglected animals with open sores who were forced to live in cramped conditions.

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Dogs Found Burned, Skinned, and Beheaded

PETA and other animal advocates have come together to offer a combined $17,000 reward for information.

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Bunnies Sold for Pelts, Pet Food, or People’s Plates—Then PETA Intervenes

Eighty-three rabbits are now safe and sound and won’t be turned into meat, fur, or bunny breeding machines.

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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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Eyewitness Exposé: Pain, Fear, and Death at Primate Products, Inc.

You’ve never seen anything like this before—and much of it is being paid for by U.S. taxpayers’ dollars!

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Victory! Rite Aid Does Right by Betta Fish

After hearing from PETA, Rite Aid stops selling Teddy Tanks, abominable “toys” that encourage kids to treat fish like playthings.

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Animal Companions
New York Makes Cat Declawing Illegal—Other States Should Be ‘Copycats’

Is New York cats’ favorite state? It could be, thanks to a newly signed bill that makes cat declawing (really just an idiom for “amputation”) illegal.

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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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