Featured  Even though Jewish law condemns cruelty to animals, every year for ultra-Orthodox kapparot rituals, chickens are transported inside cramped, waste-ridden cages without any food, water, or shelter from the elements. The terrified birds are then swung over participants' heads during the ritual—many getting injured from such rough handling—before their throats are slit and they're stuffed into garbage bags while some are still alive and struggling.  PETA came up with a "doggie bucket list" for her final days and made her final weeks the best of her life.  Summer may be winding down, but many neglected "outdoor dogs" remain at risk from extreme weather. Your support can change that.  Others are killed for the antibodies that their bodies produce after being injected with foreign substances. Ask the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance the use of animal-free antibodies today.  The global wool industry is in the hot seat yet again. Video footage from eight exposés of 72 sheep operations on four continents reveals that shearers violently punched sheep in the face, stomped and stood on the animals' heads and necks, and stitched up large, bloody wounds on their bodies—caused by fast, rough shearing—with a needle and thread and no pain relief.  Jermaine Dupri wants you to "feel the beets" and go vegan—here's why.  It's the Week of Action Against Texas A&M University (TAMU), where dogs are being bred with crippling and painful canine muscular dystrophy—sometimes so severe that simple acts of eating and drinking put them at risk of dying. Miller Diamond—who was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy at the age of 10 and is now 22—is calling for an end to TAMU's canine experiments, and you can, too.  Your actions and support made these achievements possible.  Imagine being completely vulnerable, resting and awaiting a magnificent metamorphosis, only to be boiled or gassed to death. Urgent Action Needed | 
