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14 Show Dogs Die in Hot Truck as Woman Responsible for Them Takes a Nap

It’s hard to imagine how terrifying it must have been as, one by one, the dogs succumbed to the heat.

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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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Mountain Goat Drowns After Being Chased Into Ocean by Crowd

This is the thoughtlessness that wild animals are up against.

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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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PETA’s L.A. Office Is Pokémon ‘Safe Zone’ Following Pokémon Go Release

Signs outside the PETA office urge everyone to let Pokémon be free from imprisonment and abuse. #GottaFreeEmAll

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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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More Than 20 Animals Died When a Touch Pool Tank Stopped Working

One more reason to stay away from aquariums.

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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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Like Dogs, Goats Bond With Us—but the Military Has Declared War on Them

Goats form emotional relationships with humans—but the military continues to stab, mutilate, and kill these trusting animals in barbaric training exercises.

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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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Bullied Schoolgirl’s Family Prepares to Relocate Amid Fears for Her Safety

After 16-year-old Australian student Kaila Mackay made a YouTube video about the cruel dairy industry, she experienced horrendous bullying, which prevented her from returning to school.

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Baby Seal Euthanized After Woman Stuffs Him in a Shopping Bag

What NOT to do when you see a baby wild animal all alone.

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Robotic Bear Voiced by Casey Affleck Works to Free Captive Bears

What is 7 feet tall, looks like a bear, and sounds like Casey Affleck?

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Fish Have Wingmen, and Other Things You Never Knew About Our ‘Underwater Cousins’

A groundbreaking new book by author Jonathan Balcombe will change the way you look at all-you-can-eat seafood buffets.

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Selfie-Obsessed Crowd Beats Turtle Pulled From The Ocean

Dolphins, sharks, and now sea turtles—people are torturing ocean animals for pictures of themselves.

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The first World Day for Laboratory Animals protest in the U.S., 1980
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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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