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Weekend Update: Kevin Nealon Visits PETA’s Spay/Neuter Clinic

Families who took their dogs and cats to PETA’s SNIP (Spay and Neuter Immediately, Please!) clinic Saturday got a free or low-cost surgery for their animals—and a tickle for their own funny bones. While SNIP staff checked families in, comedian and longtime PETA supporter Kevin Nealon cracked them up. Kevin told jokes, took pictures with … Read more »

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Chubby Chihuahua Just Wants to Be Cherished

Bruno is nearly perfect in every way. He’s a 5-year-old Chihuahua mix who’s cute as a button, house-trained, happy-go-lucky, outgoing, and affectionate, and he gets along well with other dogs and cats.

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How the AKC Kills Shelter Dogs’ Chances at Life

Every dog deserves a loving family, but the

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Dozens Injured When Fireworks Display Goes Wrong—Animals Hurt Even When They Go ‘Right’

After a Fourth of July fireworks accident in

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A Summer Shocker: Dogs Left to Die (Video)

Imagine being left alone inside a parked car on a hot summer day. You feel the temperature rising, become extremely thirsty, and start to feel dizzy. This happens to countless dogs every summer.

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Doing the Math Shows ‘No-Kill’ Is Not the Answer

Put the blame where it should be: on breeders who continue to churn out puppies and kittens and on negligent and uncaring people who treat their animals as disposable objects or who don’t spay or neuter them, instead allowing them to breed.

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E-collars: Training Tool or Torture Device?

Dogs do what comes naturally to them, and they don’t deserve to be punished for not always understanding human culture and expectations.

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On July 4th, Where to Fill Your Plate With Bugs, Metal, & Pig Anuses

Eight gross reasons to declare your freedom from mystery meat.

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Spread the Word: Dogs Die in Hot Cars

On Monday night, a police dog named Spartacus endured an agonizing death from heatstroke when he was left in his handler’s car in Woodstock, Georgia. His loss is all the more disturbing because it follows those of other K9 officers who died in a similarly horrific fashion. To make sure that law-enforcement agencies are aware of the … Read more »

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PETA Backs Birth Control Before Age 15

After the Obama administration dropped its objections, a judge approved the removal of age restrictions on Plan B One-Step contraception. So PETA is taking the opportunity to remind people about plan A one-step contraception for animals: spaying and neutering. Today, Washington Times readers will see this large full-color ad: Kittens can get pregnant at just … Read more »

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PETA’s Seven Cutest Cat Ads Ever

In honor of “Adopt a Shelter Cat” Month, here are some of our favorite cute cats and cool kittens: 1. Lil Bub knows that being the Web’s favorite cat is serious business. She uses her platform to encourage people to spay and neuter, to say no to declawing, to adopt instead of buying, and to be … Read more »

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Mayoral ‘Candigato’ Urged to Fix Mexican Town’s ‘Kittyzens’

U.S. citizens are hardly alone in their frustration with government officials. In the town of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, two residents have proposed electing a cat to be mayor. This is no yarn: The designated candigato, Morris, has seen his popularity soar—at least on Facebook—so PETA has sent the cute contender a letter asking him to … Read more »

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Does ‘Deadbeat Dad’ Have the Balls to Help Dogs?

PETA is all for reproductive responsibility, so after learning that a Nashville man was looking to get “fixed” after the 14 mothers of his 22 children took him to court over unpaid child support, the group is offering to pay for his vasectomy—if he’ll help promote the equivalent procedure for dogs. In return for covering Orlando … Read more »

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Don’t Be Fooled by No-Kill Proponents’ Smoke and Mirrors

When no-kill animal shelters and rescue groups are filled to capacity, which is almost always, they are left with two options: turn away more animals than they take in or warehouse animals.

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Victory! Abused Dog Will Be Owner’s Last

You don’t have to have the magic of Santa Claus to help a chained dog. PETA offers a

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