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PETA Prime’s Top 10 Features of 2019

From stopping deadly experiments to making “speciesism” a household word, 2019 was a landmark year for PETA and the animal rights movement we lead—you can see for yourself in PETA Prime’s most popular posts of 2019.

Our readers were moved by the story of two lives changed by a rescue on a cold rainy day:

  1. NYPD Officer Saves Dog in Pouring Rain—Now They’re Best Friends https://prime.peta.org/2019/02/nypd-officer-saves-dog-in-pouring-rain-now-theyre-best-friends/

While Romania has what is probably the largest number of homeless animals in Europe, PETA Prime readers were inspired by all that PETA Germany is doing to tackle the crisis:

  1. Helping Homeless Animals in Romania

https://prime.peta.org/2019/02/helping-homeless-animals-in-romania/

Our readers were shocked by the story of Air Blade, Royal River, and other former racehorses sent to South Korea’s largest slaughterhouse:

  1. Everything in Him Screamed ‘Run,’ but There Was No Escape https://prime.peta.org/2019/05/everything-in-him-screamed-run-but-there-was-no-escape/

Shellfish feel pain and fear—and have just as much right to live and be free from exploitation as all other animals do:

  1. What About Shellfish? https://prime.peta.org/2019/03/what-about-shellfish/

Prime readers were eager to learn more about Long Gone Wild, a powerful documentary that explores orca capture and confinement, from an orca named Namu to SeaWorld’s watery prisons:

  1. New Orca Documentary ‘Long Gone Wild’ Has SeaWorld Scared https://prime.peta.org/2019/07/new-orca-documentary-long-gone-wild-has-seaworld-scared/

A PETA staffer riled up visitors to our site when he compared his youthful recollections of The Crocodile Hunter to the truth about a TV star’s exploitation of animals:

  1. PETA’s Right: Steve Irwin, My Childhood Hero, Harassed Animals https://prime.peta.org/2019/03/petas-right-steve-irwin-my-childhood-hero-harassed-animals/

The PETA Prime community really took to our reminder that dogs killed for their flesh often endure the same horrors that chickens, pigs, and cows endure when they’re slaughtered:

  1. Let’s Not Be Hypocritical About Dog Meat

https://prime.peta.org/2019/06/lets-not-be-hypocritical-about-dog-meat/

Scores of our readers pledged to ditch milk and cheese after learning about Brianna’s escape from the dairy industry:

  1. They Slaughter Pregnant Cows, Don’t They?

https://prime.peta.org/2019/01/they-slaughter-pregnant-cows-dont-they/

PETA President Ingrid Newkirk would like you to see what’s left of a hideous Virginia laboratory that a PETA investigation helped shut down:

  1. A House of Horrors Once Stood Here—Look at It Now

https://prime.peta.org/2019/04/a-house-of-horrors-once-stood-here-look-at-it-now/

And the top feature of 2019 on PETA Prime was our ever-popular showcase of some of the most determined—and sexy—animal activists over 50!

  1. Meet the ‘Sexy Six’: Our ‘Sexiest Vegan Over 50’ 2019 Finalists! https://prime.peta.org/contest-entry-2018/contest-finalists-2019/