PETITION TARGET: U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means A monkey imported from Mauritius to the U.S. was reportedly trapped for five days without food or water after being left inside a shipping crate and discarded in a biohazard waste dumpster in early 2026. The monkey was ultimately killed. This was more than an isolated […]

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PETITION TARGET: State Attorney Melissa W. Nelson, Office of the State Attorney for Florida’s Fourth Judicial Circuit Eleven tiny ducklings were allegedly crushed to death on a Jacksonville, Florida street after a car drove over the helpless babies and then turned around multiple times to hit them again, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, as […]

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PETITION CLOSED PETITION TARGET: Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont An innocent cat named Gem was doused with bleach and beaten to death in Fairfield, Connecticut, during a domestic dispute.  Sadly, this was not the individual’s first horrific act of cruelty to animals — the same man was previously convicted for scalding a dog with hot water […]

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Activists from Lady Freethinker, In Defense of Animals, Animal Save Movement, SPCA International, Stray Dog Support and the IAWPC — a coalition representing over 80 organizations worldwide — gathered at the Vancouver Convention Centre during the 76th FIFA Congress on April 30 to protest the mass killing of dogs in Morocco ahead of the 2030 […]

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PETITION TARGET: Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly A young puppy — too weak to lift her head, covered in deep wounds infested with maggots, and soaked from rain — was found curled in a muddy ditch at a Flagler County, Florida park. Volunteer rescuers with the Saving Missing Animals Response Team (SMART) rushed the pit […]

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Hundreds of Abusive Posts Removed for Violating Meta’s Policies Following Our Submission of a Shareholder Resolution A milestone has been reached in our efforts to stop online animal cruelty and torture content: following the submission of a shareholder resolution by Lady Freethinker, Meta has removed hundreds of posts shared with them by LFT that Meta […]

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For years in Anchorage, Alaska, unhoused residents faced a difficult choice: give up their companion animal, or remain on the street. Now, two out of the three city-run shelters welcome animals, Alaska Public Media reported earlier this month. One of those shelters, Linda’s Place, has a dedicated pet room. Past guests have included dogs, cats, […]

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A 33-year-old woman from Catlin, Illinois, pleaded guilty to conspiring to create and distribute, and distributing, illegal “animal crush” videos depicting the severe abuse of monkeys, according to federal prosecutors. Court records show that Amanda Leigh Fourez was an active member of several chat groups dedicated to creating and sharing videos depicting the sexual torture […]

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PETITION TARGET: Leadership of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives Dogs, cats, and other animals in U.S. laboratories are forced to endure some of the most horrific cruelties imaginable, living in isolation, enduring painful procedures, and being exposed to toxic chemicals. When the experiments conclude, animals are routinely killed, their short lives consisting […]

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PETITION TARGET: Colonial Heights Commonwealth’s Attorney Gray Collins Three puppies in Colonial Heights, Virginia were found covered in urine and feces in a sealed plastic container. The puppies showed signs of extreme neglect – including skin infections, developmental issues, and a heart murmur, according to a local news report. The shy and fearful puppies possibly […]

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PETITION CLOSED PETITION TARGET: South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden Metal jaws pierce a fox’s skin, tearing through muscle and breaking bone as the clamp snaps shut just above the foot — this is the reality of foothold traps used to capture foxes and other furbearing animals in the U.S. Every year in South Dakota, 50,000 foxes, […]

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PETITION TARGET: Los Angeles City Council Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee Los Angeles has an opportunity to help usher in an end to cruel, dangerous dog and cat slaughter in Hanoi, Vietnam. Introduced by L.A. City Councilmember Bob Blumenfield and seconded by City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, City Council File 25-0193 proposes that L.A. […]

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New findings from Lady Freethinker and Action for Primates have revealed that sexual exploitation and abuse of monkeys on camera are available on social media platforms — posing a danger to animals and children. Often first posted to encrypted platforms such as Telegram, the full range of monkey sexual abuse videos has spread to mainstream […]

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PETITION CLOSED PETITION TARGET: ETSY Ripped from their enclosures by their sensitive tails, shoved into cages filled with other petrified animals, and crying out while hanging upside down, screaming in pain as the skin was peeled from their body – this is the torturous reality for foxes observed in Lady Freethinker’s investigation into fur farms. […]

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PETITION TARGET: Ahold Delhaize (parent company of Food Lion, Stop & Shop, Hannaford, The Giant Company, and Giant Food) Confined to tiny, wire cages that often cause painful wounds on their feet, and prone to weakened bones that can lead to fractures and even paralysis, hens raised for egg production in horrific factory farms are […]

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To help the animals displaced, injured, or otherwise harmed by the recent L.A. wildfires, Lady Freethinker has rushed over $15,000 in critical aid to local animal rescue groups. Sponsored by a grant from Lady Freethinker, Bubbles Dog Rescue pulled Luke and Louie from a crowded shelter where they may have faced euthanasia. The dogs received […]

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Speak out for foxes, rabbits, and minks! Please join Lady Freethinker for a week of online action from Dec. 9 – 13 to urge LVMH – the parent company of 75 brands, including Louis Vuitton, Fendi, and Dior – to stop selling fur. Condemned to short lives in cages before being violently slaughtered and skinned, […]

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(Photos by Aaron Gekoski for Lady Freethinker & Karmagawa) PETITION TARGET: President of Nepal; Nepali Tourism Board; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs    Tens of thousands of defenseless goats and other animals were ritualistically hacked to death at the latest Gadhimai Festival in Nepal – as exposed by an investigation by Lady Freethinker and Karmagawa.  […]

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PETITION TARGET: LVMH Yanked out of filthy, wire cages with tongs, bludgeoned over the heads, and skinned alive – this is how innocent foxes were documented suffering on Chinese fur farms during a Lady Freethinker investigation. Foxes and other animals are clearly suffering for fur – which is why many brands across the globe have […]

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