PETITION TARGET: Suffolk County SPCA Chief Roy Gross In a heartbreaking act of cruelty, a turtle was found with a fish hook lodged in his mouth, tethered with zip ties to the inside of a cage, and submerged in Geiger Lake in Deer Park, New York. Town of Babylon park rangers recovered the turtle on […]

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PETITION TARGET: Cabuyao City Police Chief Lieutenant Colonel Stefanio Andrenicus A. Rabino An innocent kitten named Nixie suffered terrible burns after three people allegedly set the cat on fire and laughed while filming the cruelty for social media in Cabuyao, Philippines. Despite rescuers’ attempts to save Nixie, providing veterinary care for third-degree burns and severe […]

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PETITION TARGET: Boulder County Sheriff’s Office Two horses named Mystic and Chief were reportedly targeted in pellet-gun attacks on consecutive nights at a property in Lafayette, Colorado — with Mystic shot once and Chief shot a horrifying 36 times, according to local news. These vulnerable animals were left injured and likely terrified following these seemingly deliberate […]

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PETITION TARGET: Lanier County Sheriff Charles “Nick” Norton and Alapaha Judicial Circuit District Attorney Chase Studstill Charlotte, a beloved pig companion, reportedly screamed in agony as two bullets fired by a neighbor pierced her body in her family’s backyard in Ray City, Georgia, according to WAFF News. Then, in front of the children of her […]

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PETITION TARGETS: California Department of Fish and Wildlife and members of the California Fish and Game Commission Southern resident killer whales are facing several compounding threats that are pushing them toward extinction: A dwindling supply of salmon is leaving them malnourished; Vessel noise is interfering with their ability to feed, rest, and reproduce; And toxic contaminants […]

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PETITION TARGET: DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston At least three tiny kittens — only about eight weeks old — were allegedly thrown from a minivan traveling through Brookhaven, Georgia, leaving one of the innocent babies dead in the roadway and another seriously traumatized, with a dislocated tail and scratches on his ear, according to local […]

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PETITION TARGET: Lee County Attorney Ross J. Braden Five young kittens were allegedly collected into a bag, brought to a garbage dump in Iowa, and stomped on repeatedly. Four did not survive.  Though a fifth reportedly pulled through, that kitten’s condition and whereabouts have not been publicly reported. Police arrested a suspect after employees at […]

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PETITION TARGET: New Haven Police Department and the Robin I. Kroogman New Haven Animal Shelter Six vulnerable newborn puppies — believed to be less than a day old — were allegedly abandoned in a basket beside a dumpster outside a condominium complex in New Haven, Connecticut, according to local news. Tragically, two of the pups did […]

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PETITION TARGET: Speaker of the Ohio House Matt Huffman The decomposing bodies of four horses who had reportedly been locked inside a barn were discovered at Pure Gold Stables and Equestrian Center in Salem Township, Ohio, according to local news. Necropsies of the horses found evidence of dehydration and starvation, and authorities recovered a fifth horse’s […]

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PETITION TARGETS: Adams County Sheriff’s Office and Adams County Prosecuting Attorney Anthony Heidelberg Dozens of severely malnourished animals — including dogs, a horse, a donkey, goats, chickens, and a rabbit—were allegedly left to waste away without sufficient food or water on a rural property in Natchez, Mississippi, according to local news. In addition, dogs were reportedly […]

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PETITION TARGET: The Honourable Tara Moriarty, Member of the Legislative Council and Minister for Agriculture A panting, thirsty dog was reportedly left alone inside a parked vehicle for more than an hour as temperatures topped 30°C (86°F) in Campbelltown, Western Sydney. The vehicle’s windows were reportedly down, and bystanders gave the dog water before calling […]

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PETITION TARGET: Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation K. D. Lalkantha and Speaker of Parliament Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne Amba Bo, a visually impaired male elephant, was searching for food near homes in Sri Lanka’s Mihintale area when three men allegedly chased him with flaming torches — one allegedly setting fire directly to his body. […]

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Dear Ontario City Council, The brutal killing of a stray mother dog named Wang Wang and her puppies in Jieyang, China, sparked widespread outrage after footage of the attack spread online. In the wake of this tragedy, Jieyang’s sister-city relationship with Ontario, California, offers an important opportunity to help protect animals in China from cruelty. […]

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PETITION CLOSED PETITION TARGET: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement, West Coast Division UPDATE (8/14/2026): An 18-year-old has pleaded guilty to harassing the California sea lion and faces up to one year in prison and a $100,00 fine, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. While we are pleased to see the […]

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PETITION TARGET: Indonesia’s Minister of Forestry Raja Juli Antoni, Director General of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation Satyawan Pudyatmoko, and Director of Species and Genetic Conservation Ahmad Munawir Indonesia has resumed plans to export long-tailed macaques for use in research and testing, putting thousands of these intelligent, social animals at risk of capture, confinement, transport, […]

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PETITION TARGETS: Senate Majority Leader John Thune Vulnerable long-tailed macaques endured repeated injections over six months and were restrained without sedation during most measurements as part of a toxicity study for a kidney-disease drug, according to FDA records. Sadly, two macaques did not survive the study: one was euthanized after vomiting, turning pale, and becoming less active, […]

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PETITION TARGETS: David Songulashvili, Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture; Giorgi Iakobashvili, Head of the National Food Agency; Nikoloz Aragveli, Director of Tbilisi’s Animal Monitoring Agency; and Beka Giunashvili, Head of the Shida Kartli Intermunicipal Agency for Stray Pets For years, Olya Kopteva provided care for dozens of dogs at a cemetery in Tbilisi, Georgia, according […]

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PETITION CLOSED PETITION TARGET: Regional Animal Services of King County and the Kent Police Department UPDATE (7/30/2026): State veterinary experts concluded that wild animals were responsible for the cats’ deaths, according to local news. Lady Freethinker thanks the 31,000+ individuals who signed our petition to help get justice for these cats. * The day after 17-year-old Mittens […]

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PETITION TARGET: Henderson Police Department and Animal Protection Services A severely underweight puppy was allegedly discarded near a dumpster outside a Henderson, Nevada, animal hospital with a broken leg and rocks in his stomach — and evidence that his jaw had previously been broken, according to local news. This vulnerable puppy, now named Treasure, deserved safety, […]

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PETITION TARGET: New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin and Committee on Health Chair Lynn Schulman A group of teenagers reportedly won goldfish at a Queens carnival, then flung and stomped on the fish and pulled at their fins, according to the New York Post. The cruelty reportedly happened at a school carnival in Whitestone […]

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