This page is some information about PETA. (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) For as little as a $16.00 donation, you may become a member of PETA.

As a member, you will receive periodic updates and action alerts about PETA’s work around the world, our newly updated “Guide to Compassionate Living,” and a free, one-year subscription to our award-winning quarterly magazine, Animal Times

You may join PETA either on our Web site at http://www.peta.org/j/index.html, by mail to PETA, 501 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510, or by calling me at 757-213-8732. 

All donations make a huge difference, and we are grateful for your support to help PETA save and protect animals.   Your assistance helps us move one step closer toward ending animal abuse and exploitation.

Also, please know that we have a variety of free information and material available.  If you visit our website (PETA.org) you will find our "RESOURCES" section in the left hand column.   Click on the various links listed (i.e. free veg starter kit, Literature catalog, etc.) and you can enter your address information. 

In fact, our award winning site has many incredible links...here are just a few:

GoVeg.com                        Vegetarian resources, free vegetarian starter kit
HelpingAnimals.com               Tips on caring for companion animals
PETATV.com                        Animal rights television
Circuses.com                          Animal cruelty behind the big top
CowsAreCool.com                  Info on leather and free non-leather shopping guide
FishingHurts.com                    Why being hooked hurts
DumpDairy.com                      Reasons to be wary of dairy
PETAenEspanol.com               PETA's site for Spanish-speakers
AskCarla.com                          Advice from PETA's kindness consultant
PETAMall.com                        A shopping site for caring consumers
StopAnimalTests.com               Cruel chemical tests - and how you can stop them
LettuceLadies.com                   "Leafy lovelies" turn visitors on to vegetarianism
CollegeActivist.com                  Ideas and resources for campus campaigners
PETAKids.com                        The site for kids who care about animals
Peta2.com                                Animal rights info for teens
FurIsDead.com                         Resources for fur foes
PETALiterature.com                 Free factsheets, pamphlets, brochures, etc.
TeachKind                               Resources for the classroom

You can help animals every day with a few simple acts that require little time but make a big impact! Here’s a list of easy ways to draw people’s attention to animals’ suffering:
Leave a trail of leaflets wherever you go—in the reading rack in your doctor’s waiting room, at the laundromat, on the bus, in dressing rooms, etc.
Enclose a leaflet with every bill payment.

Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper about an animal-related issue: vegetarianism (http://www.GoVeg.com), the circus (http://www.Circuses.com), vivisection (http://www.StopAnimalTests.com), etc.

Take advantage of suggestion boxes and consumer comment cards: Praise practices that help animals and criticize practices that hurt animals.

Join PETA’s activist network (http://www.AnimalActivist.com/actjoin.asp). PETA will link you to activists in your area and alert you when quick action is needed on national, regional, or local animal issues. (If you’d like to join, forward your postal address, and we will send you sign-up materials free of charge.)

Speak out! Within earshot of the shopper ahead of you in the queue at the market, talk with a friend about the video you saw on factory farming (http://www.MeetYourMeat.com).

Jump into radio call-in discussions. Call a health show with info on vegetarianism or call a show on budget cuts to talk about government subsidies of useless vivisection.

Protest animal experiments in your community’s classrooms. Refuse to participate in anything that causes an animal pain, fear, or frustration. Suggest films, computer demonstrations, and models instead. (We can help.) For requests for materials for the classroom go to:  TEACH KIND   (www.teachkind.org)

Arrange a talk on vegetarianism, animal testing, or cruelty-free living at a local college, church, or civic center. Contact PETA to borrow a video.

Keep a stack of blank, prestamped postcards by your television, along with the addresses of major stations. Whenever you see a show that promotes or trivializes animal abuse, jot down the station, program, scene, and date. Use a postcard to convey your concerns (politely) to the network. (Remember to thank the network for programming that promotes animal rights!)

Carry our “Vegetarian Meals Served Here” window stickers for vegetarian-friendly restaurants and always ask restaurant managers to add more vegan dishes to their menus.

Ask grocery stores to carry frozen vegan entrées, as well as tofu and soy milk.

Set aside an hour every week to write to elected officials, industry executives, or newspaper and magazine editors (http://www.PETA.org/alert/index.asp). Keeping an eye on the news will help you identify good topics to address. Multiply your efforts by throwing a letter-writing party complete with vegan snacks.

If your local school or public library bulges with manuals on hunting and dissection but lacks literature about animal rights, ask your librarian to write (on library letterhead) and ask for PETA’s free library pack of factsheets, booklists, literature catalogs, leaflets, and more.

Don’t let a single fur-wearer pass you by without receiving a fur card (write to us for a free supply) (http://www.FurIsDead.com).

Don’t shop in stores that carry fur clothing or accessories, and write to or speak with store managers to let them know why.

Insist on vegan meals in school and office cafeterias. Contact the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (http://www.PCRM.org) for recipes that are specially formulated for institutions.

 Call or write to companies that still test their products on animals to tell them that you won’t purchase their products until they declare a permanent ban on animal testing (http://www.CaringConsumer.com).

Fight permit applications for any new “pet” shops unless they only sell supplies (http://www.HelpingAnimals.com).  

Help your local animal shelter. Shelters are always in need of volunteers to walk dogs, play with animals, and donate supplies like blankets, kitty litter, and food.

Voice your objection to restaurants and stores that have live-lobster tanks (http://www.LobsterLib.com).

Document and report cruelty wherever you see it—in a store, at the circus, in a neighbor’s backyard, or anywhere else. Contact PETA for instructions on how to conduct a cruelty investigation.

Please visithttp://www.animalactivist.com/onlinecruelty.asp for information on how to proceed when you discover cruelty to animals on the internet.

Educate! Most people don’t know which of their habits cause animal suffering—or how easy it is to change them.

The more people become aware of cruelty to animals and its prevalence in everyday life, the more serious they will become about putting an end to it?and you can help explain to them the many forms of animal abuse that they may be unwittingly supporting and what they can do to stop them. It can be as simple as adopting some of the practices listed above. For factsheets, pamphlets, or other materials to distribute, visit http://PETALiterature.com.

 Good luck with all that you do to help animals!

Sincerely,

Susan Foley

PETA Foundation
757-213-8732
757-628-0786 (Fax)
susanf@fsap.org