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Category: Empathy for Animals

A Toast to Heineken! PETA Lauds Beer Giant for Nixing Wild-Animal Exhibit

The Dos Equis ‘estate auction’ will no longer include photo ops with captive alligator, owl, and hawk.

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Woman Risks Dog’s Life Because She’s Too Lazy to Walk Him Properly (VIDEO)

Somehow, she thought THIS was a good idea.

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Making Doves Cry Does Not Honor Prince’s Life

Prince was a vegan who spoke out against all types of cruelty to animals. Exploiting animals to “remember” him just doesn’t make sense.

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Bird Shot With Arrow Refuses to Give Up—and so Do We

Whoever did this needs to be caught.

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Overworked Elephant Drops Dead After Giving Rides to Tourists

People, PLEASE. Leave animal abuse off your travel itinerary.

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Men Scald Live Rats, Peel off Their Fur, and Leave Them to Die (VIDEO)

You can hear the men laughing as it happens.

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Chimpanzee Runs for His Life After Escaping Japanese Zoo

This horrifying video will break your heart. The world MUST do better for animals.

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One of the World’s Largest Known Snakes Has Died After Being Captured and Manhandled

She was kicked, her mouth was taped shut, and she was used as a photo prop. No wonder she died.

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These Videos May Prove Animals Know When They’re Next in Line to Die

Would you risk your life if you knew it was on the line?

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$5,000 Reward Offered for Help Nabbing Abuser Who Duct Taped Dog’s Mouth Shut

PETA joins S.C. law enforcement in seeking information on culprit who neglected, abused and abandoned this Great Dane.

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Video Surfaces of Christian Youth Group Throwing an Animal Against a Wall

What happened to “treat others the way you would like to be treated?”

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Singer Dies After Bite From Cobra Used in Her Show

This didn’t have to happen.

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Video: Horse Rolls on the Ground Like a Puppy After Being Freed from Heavy Yoke

Get your tissues handy: You WILL cry watching weary, injured animals get help after being forced to haul people hundreds of miles to a huge festival in India.

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Brave Blowfish Won’t Leave His Trapped Friend’s Side

This touching video will change the way that you think about fish.

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Horrific Video Shows Baby Chicks Roughly Tossed, Dyed Bright Colors

Animals aren’t toys.

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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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