by 600milliondogs.org | Jul 3, 2026 | Petitions
Mexico is home to the only operating octopus farm in the Western Hemisphere. Right now in Mexico, octopuses are being forced into tanks where more than half die before they ever reach slaughter. Inside octopus farms, they are confined together with no way to escape...
by 600milliondogs.org | Jun 26, 2026 | animals, cats, dogs, Petitions
Delaware law currently allows suspected cruelty to go unreported. A dog is carried into a veterinary clinic with a deep wound that has been left untreated for days or even weeks. The skin around the injury is swollen. Infection may already be spreading. A cat arrives...
by 600milliondogs.org | Jun 18, 2026 | Petitions
Small dogs are not exempt from the dangers of the meat trade. Warning: Graphic images appear below. They are included to show the reality and severity of the dog and cat meat trade. A dog spends days trapped inside a crowded wire cage without food or water. There is...
by 600milliondogs.org | Jun 16, 2026 | Animal Story, Petitions
Behind closed doors, thousands of shelter animals still face the terror of Japan’s gas chambers. Dogs and cats in parts of Japan’s public shelter system are still euthanized inside carbon dioxide gas chambers known as “Dream Boxes.” These sealed metal chambers are...
by 600milliondogs.org | May 18, 2026 | Petitions
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s plans to use helicopters to drive horses from above and push them into corrals. A newborn foal can barely stand, yet she is forced to run for her life as a loud helicopter chases her from above. Sharp rocks slice into her soft...
by 600milliondogs.org | May 11, 2026 | Animal Story, Petitions
Surviving means little without legal protection. Right now, animals in West Virginia remain vulnerable to one of the most horrific forms of cruelty: sexual abuse. Every other state has passed laws to make this a crime. West Virginia has not, and that gap is already...
