This past weekend, I spent all Saturday sifting through drawers, closets, and my basement to clear out everything I wasn’t planning to use again. With the visit of holiday guests fast approaching, what better time than now to start cleaning out my house? I generated two hefty bags of trash and recycling. …

I recently entered and won the PETA-sponsored Sexiest Vegetarian Over 50 contest. After winning, PETA asked me to write a post for Prime reflecting on the process, so here goes!

First, I would like to thank all of you who voted for me. I am so happy and honored to …

Our dog Sydney loves all the same things that most dogs do. Mention the word “walk” and her tail goes into overdrive. Start loading the car, and she leaps uninvited into the back seat, hoping to go with us. Ask her, “Where’s Bodie?” and she runs through the house to find our other dog.

She wasn’t always …

I love to garden. When I was younger, I thought nothing of gardening out in the back 40, rototilling, hauling produce long distances to the kitchen, and bending over weeding for hours. Now that I’m older, my gardening motto has become “Work smarter, not harder”: Why bend over if …

This post, written by Karin Bennett, originally appeared on The PETA Files.

PETA’s headquarters in Hampton Roads, Virginia, is well known to local residents, many of whom volunteer to help animals in their spare time. Thousands in the area have taken advantage of our low-cost animal clinics …