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Farmed Animals

New York: Stop Creating Virus-Breeding Hotspots by Butchering Animals!

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Wild Horses and Burros

URGENT: Reject Massive Slaughter of Thousands of Wild Horses and Burros by the BLM!

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Justice for Animals

Punching a Dog Isn’t “Playing:” Don’t Let Deputy’s Daughter Get Away With Abuse

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Hope Animal Sanctuary

VIDEO: These 7 Puppies Born Under an Abandoned House Will Get a Real Home!

10 Ways YOU Can Help Animals Right Now

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Elephants

California: Protect Wild Animals from Trophy Hunting and Live Market Cruelty!

South Korean Dog Adoption: Save a Dog From the Dog Meat Trade

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Farmed Animals

MEDIA RELEASE: 11,000 Call on Sheriff’s Department to Investigate Animal Cruelty at Koch Foods

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Justice for Animals

Shut Down Law Enforcement’s Animal Fight Club in Kentucky

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Wild and Free

Stop USFWS Plan for Hunters to Kill More Animals

South Korean Dog Adoption: Save a Dog From the Dog Meat Trade

Learn how to adopt a dog from South Korea's dog meat trade.

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VIDEO: Meet Neko, a Dog Meat Survivor

Meet Neko, one of the dog meat survivors you helped save!

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Stop Pandemics: Ban the Dog Meat Trade and Live Animal Markets in South Korea

We must stop future pandemics by banning the dog meat trade in South Korea.

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2020-03-25

MEDIA RELEASE: Travelers Wanted: Coronavirus Strands Dog Meat Survivors

In Defense of Animals needs help for dog meat survivors stranded by COVID-19

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COVID-19 EMERGENCY: Help Get Stranded Dog Meat Survivors Home!

COVID-19 EMERGENCY: Help Get Stranded Dog Meat Survivors Home!

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10 Tips: How to Help Your Animal Companions and Others During the COVID-19 Outbreak

The worry of not being able to care for ourselves or our animal companions during a crisis can be paralysing. Few of us have had to consider a pandemic or the official…

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Two Gentle Giants Saved from the Dog Meat Trade Remind Us What's at Stake

Amid valiant efforts to end South Korea's barbaric dog meat trade...

5 Shocking Facts About the Asian Dog Meat Industry

Every year in Asia, millions of dogs are slaughtered for food.

Last Dog Meat Slaughterhouses Close in Seoul, South Korea!

The last remaining dog meat slaughterhouses in South Korea have agreed to close

VIDEO: Not Meat! Meet the Boknal Survivors!

Rescue was only the first step of a long and daunting journey

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2019-10-04

Stop Kenya’s Stray Dogs From Becoming Meat!

Help us save Africa's stray dogs from slaughter for human consumption!

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We’ve Seized a Dog Meat Truck!

28 Dogs rescued from a truck bound for back alley slaughter on the eve of Boknal.

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Nathan’s Adds a Competitive Dog Meat Eating Contest

Each year a competitive hot dog eating contest is held by Nathan's.

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Save One. Save Two. Save Them All!

Our strategy is simple: Save one. Then save the next. Then the next after that.

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Time is Running Out for the Dog Meat Trade!

Please watch and share Judy's amazing journey!

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2018-10-19

Ban Eating Dogs & Cats in the United States

Take action to pass H.R. 1406!

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Man Beats, Kills and Eats Employer’s Corgi

A horrifying story out of China last week highlights the brutal end of so many dogs and the heartbreak their families endure when learning their beloved companions…

Dog Meat Survivors Thrive at Hope Animal Sanctuary

The goal of our Hope Animal Sanctuary is to find just the right home for every

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2018-07-21

These 3 Dog Meat Survivors Need a Loving Home!

We need your urgent help to find loving homes for these 3 dog meat survivors!

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194 and Counting!

Please help us rescue more dogs and puppies from cruel meat-farms today.

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2018-02-20

MEDIA RELEASE: Victory in South Korea for 47 Dogs Rescued from Dog Meat Horror

47 dogs have been saved from slaughter by In Defense of Animals and Jindo Love

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Ready, Set, Ban! End the Dog & Cat Meat Trade in South Korea

Dog and cat meat is a hot button issue

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Ban the International Dog & Cat Meat Trade

IDA has led the fight to end the heinous torture and killing of dogs and cats

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Reject World Dog Show in China

International outrage that the 2019 World Dog Show will be held in China.

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