PETITION TARGET: U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation UPDATE (5/22/2024): In great news for horses, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ruled that tools and chemicals used to sore horses is banned, effective February 1, 2025. We thank everyone who signed our petition asking for this horrific practice […]

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PETITION TARGET: Pomona Police Chief Michael Ellis UPDATE (12/21/2022): Pomona police have arrested two individuals in connection to this crime but have not yet released their names, according to local news. We’ll keep checking back and will update this story when we have more information. — Lady Freethinker Staff * A defenseless stray cat was viciously […]

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A majority of Americans believe factory farming puts profits over the welfare of animals, people, and the planet, according to a recent poll released by Compassion in World Farming – USA (CIWF). The survey by YouGov targeted both an American and an international audience, asking key questions about factory farming to 14,552 people in Brazil, […]

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A lawsuit against Smithfield Foods alleging that the pork producer is misrepresenting how it treats mother pigs in its supply chain will proceed to trial, a judge recently ruled. Smithfield publicly pledged in 2007 to discontinue using cruel gestation crates, which confine mother pigs to metal crates so tiny that the intelligent animals can’t even […]

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A friendly rescue dog in England reunited with her family following a fireworks scare by smartly seeking help at a local police station. Rosie, a 10-year-old border collie, went missing after loud fireworks terrified her while she was walking with her guardian Steve Harper and the family’s other dog, Laser, in the afternoon, according to […]

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PETITION CLOSED PETITION TARGETS: PNAS Editor-in-Chief May R. Berenbaum, PNAS Publisher Kenneth R. Fulton and Harvard Medical School Dean George Q. Daley UPDATE (12/27/2022): We sent this petition, signed by more than 33,700 people, to PNAS and to Harvard Medical School. Thank you so much to everyone who has signed. Unfortunately, we heard from the journal […]

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PETITION TARGET: Dhenkanal Divisional Forest Officer Dr. Prakash Chand Gogineni, Odisha Government Elephants are being brutally electrocuted to death in India — with the corpses of three elephants recently discovered by officials in Odisha state after the innocent animals came into painful and fatal contact with electrocution traps set out by poachers. Electrocution deaths are […]

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The sight and sound of birds is beneficial to human mental health, a new study found. The non-invasive study— which didn’t remove wild birds from their natural environments and did not harm them, but rather relied on feedback from humans who listened to them in a natural setting — used a phone app to collect […]

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Antarctica’s emperor penguins facing extinction because of climate change have prompted U.S. wildlife authorities to classify the flightless sea birds as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Global warming is destroying the penguins’ habitat along the continental coastline. Of particular concern is the projected negative effect warming temperatures will have on the […]

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PETITION CLOSED PETITION TARGET: Macomb County Prosecuting Attorney Peter J. Lucido UPDATE (5/8/2023): This case is now closed, with an undisclosed outcome described as “non-public” by the prosecutor but with news reporting the defendant was not sentenced on an animal abuse conviction. Formerly, Judge Jennifer Andary of the 42-I District Court in Romeo had rejected […]

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A 10-year-old girl who had to flee the war in Ukraine along with her family — and got separated from her beloved cat during the arduous journey — has been reunited with her cherished companion through the kindness of people across five continents and more than 7,000 miles. The Bezhenars — Alexander, Maria and their […]

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An adorable tabby kitten has a loving new home thanks to the sharp eyes and compassionate spirit of a woman in South Carolina. The kitten, now named Tony, was mewling by the side of a road when Lisa Kieffer came along and rescued him, Newsweek reported. Kieffer rushed to pick up the trembling young feline, […]

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PETITION TARGET: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark A. Totten UPDATE (7/25/2023): A pre-trial conference is set for the defendant on Feb. 1, 2024, with a jury trial set to start March 11, 2024. We’ll keep watching this case. —Lady Freethinker Staff * Defenseless dogs endured obscene and deadly torture — including organ […]

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A tech-savvy cat made good use of her family’s doorbell camera by digitally notifying them of her return home after going missing for four days. Lily, an 8-year-old gray cat with light green eyes, disappeared from the family’s new home on Long Island, New York, People magazine reported. She had been allowed to roam her […]

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Eleven workers of the nation’s top industrial turkey producers — which markets “humane” treatment of animals — have been charged with animal cruelty, following a Pennsylvania State Police probe and an undercover investigation by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Plainville Farms, which claims animals are “humanely” raised in “stress free” environments […]

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PETITON TARGET: Cook County State Attorney Kimberly M. Foxx UPDATE (10/31/2022): Zeus the dog has been euthanized, with news reports saying he had cancer. Nonprofit Safe Humane Chicago is paying for a necropsy, which — if it reveals abuse contributed to the dog’s death — could lead to a felony animal cruelty charge. Jose Orlando Cartagena’s […]

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