PETA AU Global 2021 Issue 4

A Donor’s Chain Reaction

A Novel Idea

Library Policing

Ugo Sap was so moved by the plight of donkeys forced to haul tourists in Petra, Jordan, that he purchased 500 cotton halters to replace the chains that owners used on their “amazing, kind animals.”

Simon & Schuster and other publishers donate animal-friendly children’s books to PETA’s Barks and Books program, which allows Mobile Clinic staffers and fieldworkers to distribute them to kids in places where books are in short supply.

At Little Free Libraries, Ivy Yoon replaces books and DVDs about hunting and other anti animal topics with vegan starter kits.

He’s now a patron of all PETA’s work for donkeys.

Dressing Up Their Rides

Now That’s Using Your Head!

A Tidal Wave of Kindness

Jennifer Austin put a cheeky “LVTOFU” plate on her Vespa to start saucy conversations about vegan food. Hartmut Hanke adorns his bike trailer with a rotating selection of PETA Germany ads. He’s ridden some 100,000 kilometers (more than 62,000 miles), reaching about 4 million people!

Maureen Wilcox’s family dress in matching animal rights attire for their annual holiday card. Get your pro animal shirt at PETA.org/Store .

Birthday Giving

Johns Hopkins student Lana Weidgenant used her graduation

Kaden Simpson raised more than

ceremony cap to make a statement against the school’s cruel experiments on owls.

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$8,000 for medical care for 12 dogs and cats who survived a fire that killed their guardian. Every year for the past five years, Kaden has donated his birthday money to an animal shelter.

Canine Lifeline

She Got Mouse Traps Pulled

Grab a stack to share! Available at PETA.org/Literature .

When Anna Kovach found out that QVC was selling a horrendous mousetrap that electrocutes animals, she gave the shopping channel a piece of her mind. A few phone calls later, QVC agreed to pull the plug on the cruel device.

When a kind person called PETA’s 24-hour emergency hotline seeking help for a dog abandoned at her apartment complex, a local PETA volunteer, Candice Tillman, rushed to the scene with a leash and treats. That dog, now named Daisy Mae, has become a permanent member of her family.

YOU DID IT ALL!

Whistleblower: © CREATISTA/Shutterstock.com • Sigrid Boehm and Mario goose: © Sigrid Boehm • Mouse: © iStock.com/ CreativeNature_nl • Anna Kovach: © Anna Kovach • Background: © iStock.com/loops7

Providing Winter Jackets

PETA Business Friend and vegan outerwear maker NOIZE knew PETA’s Community Animal Project fieldworkers were outdoors all winter, so it donated down-free coats to keep them all warm while they delivered doghouses and straw bedding to neglected dogs in freezing weather. And the company didn’t stop there – it also underwrote the cost of all the straw bedding that PETA distributes over the winter.

One E-Mail Stopped an Atrocity

PETA Members Walk the Walk

After a whistleblower, who shall remain nameless, alerted PETA to the fact that Louisiana State University was surreptitiously buying dogs from a local shelter to kill and dissect, PETA was able to get appalled state lawmakers to pass a ban on the practice right away.

People who take action – by starting a conversation, making a remark, offering a suggestion, protesting, distributing leaflets, writing letters, signing petitions, blowing the whistle, or stepping in when they see animals being abused – are creating a climate in which PETA can accomplish Earth-shaking victories for animals.

Stick It to ’Em

Take ActionNow Animals depend on each of us to open hearts, minds, and eyes to their suffering.

She Spotted & Saved This Goose

Jose R. makes sure shoppers at Publix grocery stores know that Chaokoh coconut milk exploits monkeys.

When Sigrid Boehm approached local authorities about a domestic gander in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park who appeared to be in pain, she was told dismissively that his behavior was normal. But Sigrid persisted. Taking matters – and the bird – into her own hands, she rushed him to a wildlife rehabilitator and got him treated for a broken tailbone, a broken wing, and a deep, infected wound. No longer able to fly, he lived happily ever after with his kind rescuer.

Get more activist ideas and opportunities by signing up for PETA’s Action Team at PETA.org.au/Action .

I t was easy for Laura Shields to slap a PETA “End Speciesism” sticker on her car, but the stickerwas hard at work all day, every day, getting other drivers’ mental wheels turning each time she drove towork or dashed to the store. The impact of that one little action didn’t really hit home, though, until Laura stopped at a traffic light and another driver rolled down his windowand asked, “Hey, what does your bumper stickermean?” She replied, “All animals, regardless of species, deserve to be free and not exploited!” As he pulled away, the driver yelled, “I’mgoing to google it!”

TikTok star Sorsha Morava busts meat and dairy industry myths – like the one about “happy cows” in green pastures – in her entertaining and informative videos, which have amassed hundreds of thousands of views. Tik’d Off

Blankets For Bulls

Bullocks at the PETA-supported Animal Rahat sanctuary stay cozy in chilly weather, thanks to Dr. Mini Valliyate, who worked with a tailor to make them supersize coats.

We have a chance to save animals all the time, with every action we take, from sharing a PETA video on social media to sponsoring a PETA billboard.

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