Financial hardships can affect every member of the family, including the animals who depend on us. PETA Foundation Senior Writer and licensed veterinary technician Melissa Rae Sanger explains why planning ahead and prioritizing routine veterinary care can help protect animals and prevent costly emergencies.
August is Legacy Confirmation Month at PETA. If you’ve already included PETA in your legacy plans, or intend to do so in the future, we invite you to let us know and help ensure your legacy of compassion for animals lives on.
Cash spent his life chained, starving, and forgotten—until PETA intervened. His story is a stark reminder that “food, water, and play” aren’t privileges—they’re necessities. Learn why stronger anti-tethering laws like Duke’s Rescue Act are urgently needed.
Veterinarian Dr. Jeff Young has spent decades advancing the same solution PETA champions worldwide: preventing animal suffering before it starts—through spay and neuter, mobile clinics, and honesty about what animals truly need.
At a PETA demonstration outside Baltimore’s National Aquarium, supporters—and passersby—made one thing clear: the public is ready for dolphins to be moved to seaside sanctuaries. So why are they still waiting?
After a severe allergic reaction to a conventional lip balm, Dr. Ann Nguyen-Chung set out to create something better, simple, plant-based personal care products rooted in transparency and trust. As the founder of Hippotanicals, a proud PETA Business Friend, she’s turning a personal health challenge into a compassionate mission that prioritizes people, animals, and the planet. From minimalist formulas to biodegradable packaging, her work shows that kinder choices can be both effective and accessible.
YOU can be the reason why lonely “backyard dogs” wag their tails, when you donate toys to PETA’s fieldwork project.
Many of the businesses that still promote SeaWorld listen to feedback from their patrons and the public, which means that we need your help to let them know that what they’re doing is wrong.
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