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Compassionate Fire Dept Award given to Aingdon Fire Dept. for rescuing two dogs
Try Not to Cry While Watching Firefighters Save Dogs from a House Fire

Helmet cameras captured the emotional moments as volunteer firefighters quickly pulled the animals to safety and worked to save their lives.

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Videos: It’s ‘Respect Your Cat’ Day, and These Cats WILL Be Respected

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Find out what it means to me right “meow.”

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Cute Chihuahua wearing red hoodie with devil horns
This Angelic Little Dog Has Had a Devil of a Time

Earn your halo by giving this sweet Chihuahua a heavenly new home.

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a dog has died on the trail of the 2017 iditarod
151 Dead Dogs and Counting: PETA’s Running Death Toll of the Iditarod

Please sign our petition urging the Iditarod Trail Committee to put an end to this cruel race.

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Wedding Is Off! Couple Won’t Tie the Knot Until Runaway Dog Is Found

Our kind of people: Have you seen this dog?

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PETA CAP worker with Midnight, a black dog
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Animal Companions
Got Any Spare Change? There’s a Cold Dog Who Needs It

For many neglected “backyard dogs,” winter brings bone-chilling misery. You can help change that.

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Labrador retriever standing with paws on bars
In the Heart of Puppy Mill Country, PETA Says, ‘Adopt, Don’t Shop!’

National Puppy Day promotes adoption, whereas puppy mills want you to buy. So where better to advertise adoption than in the heart of the puppy-mill industry?

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Animal Companions
This Puppy Learned How Dangerous Cars Are the Hard Way

She was lucky to escape with her life, but now she’s ready to embark on a new adventure.

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Animal Companions
Manager of Pet Shop Supplier Convicted of Cruelty to Animals

Clinton Holmes is charged after PETA finds that animals were frozen alive and gassed en masse at Holmes Farm while it was supplying PetSmart and Petco.

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Black Howler Monkey
Shouldn’t Animal-Protection Laws Protect All Animals?

An arbitrary decision means that captive members of 12 threatened and endangered primate species don’t share the same protections as their wild cousins.

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VIDEO: Puppy Burned by Acid Is Rescued—Look at Her Now!

Watch this abused puppy’s happy transformation.

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puppy heroin overdose rescue nets compassion award for TX police
Animal Companions
Texas Police Save Puppy Who Nearly Died From Heroin Overdose

A Texas police department is being praised after officers helped save a puppy who nearly died from reportedly eating some of his owners’ heroin.

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Happy black dog sitting in yard
Meet the Hero Dog Who Rescued His Neighbor Who Was Having a Stroke

Mac the lifesaving dog can add “PETA award recipient” to his résumé.

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Shameful: Slow Killing Methods Found Yet Again at Petco, PetSmart Supplier

State officials confirmed an insider’s report that the device used to gas animals to death was located in the breakroom—where employees were expected to eat.

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Brown-and-white dog on yellow couch
Animal Companions
San Francisco Bans Sale of Nonrescue Dogs and Cats

PETA applauds San Francisco for outlawing the sale of nonrescue dogs and cats at local pet stores and hopes other cities will quickly follow suit.

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The first World Day for Laboratory Animals protest in the U.S., 1980
PETA’s Milestones for Animals: 1980 to Now
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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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