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St. Petersburg Helps Shut Down the Puppy Mill Pipeline

A ban on selling commercially bred animals in pet stores means fewer animals will suffer in puppy mills and more homeless animals will find loving families.

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Your Daily Cute: Rescued Mice Do Adorable Rescued-Mice Things (Photos)

These mice are having the time of their lives ever since being rescued by PETA from cramped, barren cages.

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Picture Perfect: Bella Bounces Back After Close Call in House Fire

This dog’s experience reminds us to watch out for animals in need and to post signs alerting rescuers to the presence of our animal companions.

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Video: Cat Healing From Infected Wound Finds Best Friend in Little Girl

A rescued cat goes from being targeted by cruel people to being read to by an adorable toddler.

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VIDEO: Live Puppies Thrown Into Fire by Group of Children

The horrific footage surfaced in southern India just weeks after a man was filmed throwing a dog off a third story roof in a different city.

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Luck Was on This Black Cat’s Side

It was fate! A wrong turn ended up taking this lucky cat in the right direction.

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Neglected Puppy Gets ‘Life She’s Always Deserved’ (Photos)

This puppy came to us with deformed legs and weighing half her healthy weight. But just look at Ariel now.

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Game of ‘Pokémon Go’ Turns Into Real-Life Quest to Save Injured Dog

You can’t make this stuff up.

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Dead Pit Bull Found Stuffed Into Suitcase Floating in New Jersey Lake

The dog may have been alive when he was zipped inside. PETA is offering up to $5,000 for info leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator.

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Shocking Video Shows Smiling Man Throwing a Dog off Roof

The man seen in the video is believed to be a medical student. Would you want him responsible for saving your life?

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Dying, Abandoned Boxer Found in Ditch Gets a Second Chance at Life

PETA is offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and cruelty-to-animals conviction of the perpetrators.

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New South Wales, Australia, Announces Historic Ban on Greyhound Racing

In a historic milestone for animals, NSW Premier Mike Baird has announced a state-wide ban on greyhound racing, after a “damning” report condemned the cruel industry.

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Animal Companions
The Life Saved by Spaying Might Be Your Own Dog’s

A pit bull with a prolapsed vagina was one of more than 1,000 dogs and cats spayed and neutered by PETA’s low- to no-cost mobile clinics last month.

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Animal Companions
Together Forever: New York May Let Animals Be Buried With Guardians

Our beloved animal companions stick by our side no matter what. A bill in New York would allow them to remain there even after death.

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Update: Lucy the ‘Lion Dog’ Goes to New York

The dog with the crazy hairdo finds the perfect “den” in the concrete jungle.

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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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