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MEDIA RELEASE: Water Contamination from Cattle Ranching at Point Reyes Causes Outrage

MEDIA RELEASE: Worst Zoos Cancel Abusive Elephant Transfer

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Wild and Free

MEDIA RELEASE: MISSING: Copper Grove’s 100+ Muscovy Ducks Vanish

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US Pharmacopeia: Use Synthetic Proteins to Test Vaccines, Not Horseshoe Crabs

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Urge Colombian Agency to Pursue a Nonlethal Solution to Escobar's Hippos

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Community Cats

UPDATE: Parks Department Defends Option of Gunning Down Homeless Cats

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Wild and Free

Hunters Kill 1/5 of Wisconsin's Entire Wolf Population In Just 3 Days

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Thanks for Celebrating Activist Appreciation Month with Us!

MEDIA RELEASE: 10 Worst Zoos for Elephants Revealed by In Defense of Animals for 2020

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Justice for Regan: Animal Activist Killed by Slaughterhouse Industry

Dynamic Duo Rescued From Dog Meat Trade Looking for Forever Home Together

Cubby and Dion may not have had the best start to life, but not only have they found safety and love with our rescue partners in South Korea, they found each other.

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VIDEO: South Korea’s Dog Meat Trade Explained

Check out our new Campaigner Explainer to get a better understanding of South Korea’s dog meat trade, and find out what we’re doing to save precious dogs’ lives…

Update on One of Our Biggest Dog Meat Rescues Yet

Our recent rescue of 41 dogs and puppies highlights the danger shelter dogs face of becoming victims of South Korea’s dog meat trade. Find out how they’re doing!

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41 Puppies Saved from Dog Meat Death!

Our recent rescue of 41 dogs and puppies highlights the danger shelter dogs face of becoming victims of South Korea’s dog meat trade. They're safe now, but urgently…

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VIDEO: Dog Meat Survivor Escorted on Flight to Freedom by Miyoko’s Creamery Founder

Miyoko Schinner, the founder and CEO of Miyoko’s Creamery, stepped up in a big way to support our efforts to rescue dogs from the meat trade in South Korea with…

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2020-09-21

MEDIA RELEASE: Dog Meat Survivor Flies to Freedom with Miyoko’s Creamery Founder

Miyoko Schinner, the founder and CEO of Miyoko’s Creamery, has stepped up to support In Defense of Animals and its partner Jindo Love Rescue’s efforts to save dogs…

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Adopted Dog Meat Survivors Arrive in the U.S. as Boknal Days Begin in South Korea

Two adopted dog meat survivors arrived safely in the U.S., but many more are still at risk of being slaughtered.

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China Just Took a Major Step Towards Banning the Dog Meat Trade

China just took a major step towards banning the dog meat trade forever!

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Dogs Are Companions! End the Yulin Dog Meat Festival!

A historic policy change in China reclassifying dogs as companions has created the perfect opportunity to end the Yulin dog meat festival forever.

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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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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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