PETA Global AU 2022 Issue 2

Jennie

While vacationing in the Dominican Republic, Kelly F. gave back by volunteering at an animal rescue group. Kelly

Casey & Karin

Alex

Jennie M. thanks restaurants for their vegan dish selections in her online reviews, which often inspires them to add even more. And when Roxanne C. added photos to her online reviews, they got 1,500 more views in just a few days!

Casey K. enhances stores’ holiday

Man jumping over money: © iStock.com/ra2studio • Brooklyn M: © Anna Murray

Brooklyn

displays with ThanksVegan guides, and at TJ Maxx, Karin B. moves leather bags to the back and

Alex J. spent his 50th birthday walking 50 dogs at his local animal shelter and raised $12,000 by asking friends to donate to the shelter in lieu of gifts!

Seven-year-old Brooklyn M. requested toys, food, treats, and supplies for her local shelter instead of birthday gifts. PETA Kids honored her with a Hero to Animals Award.

puts vegan ones front and center.

Dylan C. leaves copies of PETA Global magazine on airplanes, Amanda B. slides leaflets under hotel room doors, and Alexandra S. pops PETA’s “How to Go Vegan” pamphlets into bank teller tubes. Dylan, Amanda & Alexandra “No fishing” sign: © iStock.com/brytta • Dog enjoying breeze: © iStock.com/Chalabala • Bears: © Kaitlyn2496/Shutterstock.com

Stacy D. ensures leaflets for the Miami Seaquarium - which confines Lolita the orca to a cramped, miserable tank - are disposed of properly.

Chrissy & Scott

Stacy

Demos are a family affair for Tricia L. and her daughter, Ruth. Sign up for demos in your area at PETA.org.au/ActionTeam and get Tricia’s tee at PETA.org/Store .

Hailey H. and friends gave shoppers food for thought in front of a busy grocery store. One person who watched PETA’s video footage even commented, “Maybe I won’t get my bacon!” Hailey & friends

Ottavio & Sallie

Michael & Landon

Tricia & Ruth

VICTORY!

When Michael L. and his son, Landon , saw

Whistleblowers Ottavio G., Sallie L. , and other

a hooked fish gasping for air, Landon asked the fishers, “Did you

concerned citizens alerted PETA to cruelty at a Las Vegas animal act, seedy roadside zoos, and other decrepit attractions. Their video documentation, testimony, and persistence helped PETA shut down abusive facilities and get orangutans, a chimpanzee, bears, tigers, and a lion sent to sanctuaries!

Dr. Crain has protested New Jersey’s black bear hunts since 2003, leading to eight arrests for civil disobedience - and a PETA Hero to Animals Award. In 2020, state lands were closed to hunting, and in 2021, there was no bear hunt!

For their “silver” (25th) anniversary, Chrissy and Scott M. are donating “silver” (cash!) to PETA.org/Doghouse to help neglected dogs in North Carolina – their home state.

know that fish feel pain?” They refused to release the fish, so Michael gently put her back in the water himself, resulting in a misdemeanor charge and a story that went viral and made countless people reconsider going fishing.

Dr. Crain

Alisa

Alisa M. gives cruelty-free gifts like PETA’s “kind heart” soy candle (available at PETA.org/Store ) and tells the recipients why.

From supermarket packages to scooters, Sam B. leaves animal rights messages that “stick.” Sam

Jeffrey J. posted on Nextdoor: “Free Organic Heirloom Tomatoes: All you have to do is go vegan for a week.” He hand-delivered the tomatoes and a vegan starter kit. Now, his neighbors are planning a vegan potluck! Jeffrey J

Noahble R. set up shop outside his local Starbucks to protest the chain’s vegan milk upcharge. The vegan lattes he gave out — and the conversations — were a hit. Noahble

Robyn W. raised $500 for animals by donating her 20-year-old car to PETA. Visit PETA.org/Cars to donate your car, boat, motorcycle, motor home, or even airplane. Robyn

Take Action Now Ready to be “someone” who does “something” to help? Visit PETA.org.au/Action for many more ideas and opportunities to help animals!

Molly

Molly P. went to PETALiterature.com to bump up her traffic-stopping activism.

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