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Because a tropical storm watch is in effect for parts of South Carolina, including Myrtle Beach and Florence, PETA is reminding people to never leave dogs tethered or penned outside and always take their animal companions with them if they have to evacuate their homes.

Believe it or not, every time there’s a natural disaster, many dogs and other companion animals are left outside to fend for themselves and even left behind when humans evacuate. Dogs kept tethered will swim to exhaustion and drown—and there are tethered dogs everywhere. PETA’s Animal Rescue Team has witnessed firsthand the trauma that animals endure when left behind to face floodwaters and flying debris. During previous storms, we have found dogs dead. We have also found them up to their necks in water, unable to sit or lie down, and in almost-submerged crates inside houses and seen animals who have been flung around by high winds. And of course, animals are petrified in these kinds of weather conditions.

PETA has issued a natural disaster–preparedness PSA featuring Dean Winters. For more information, please visit PETA.org.

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Because a tropical storm watch is in effect for the North Carolina coast, PETA is reminding people to never leave dogs tethered or penned outside and always take their animal companions with them if they have to evacuate their homes.

Believe it or not, every time there’s a natural disaster, many dogs and other companion animals are left outside to fend for themselves and even left behind when humans evacuate. Dogs kept tethered will swim to exhaustion and drown—and there are tethered dogs everywhere. PETA’s Animal Rescue Team has witnessed firsthand the trauma that animals endure when left behind to face floodwaters and flying debris. During previous storms, we have found dogs dead. We have also found them up to their necks in water, unable to sit or lie down, and in almost-submerged crates inside houses and seen animals who have been flung around by high winds. And of course, animals are petrified in these kinds of weather conditions.

PETA has issued a natural disaster–preparedness PSA featuring Dean Winters. It reminds people to make plans to ensure the safety of their animal companions long before evacuating. For more information, please visit PETA.org.

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As a tropical storm is expected to form in the Gulf of Mexico—and because a tropical storm warning is now in effect for the greater Mobile area—PETA reminds to never to leave dogs tethered or penned outside and always to take their animal companions with them if they have to evacuate their homes.

Believe it or not, every time there’s a natural disaster, many dogs and other companion animals are left outside to fend for themselves and even left behind when humans evacuate. Dogs kept tethered will swim to exhaustion and drown—and there are tethered dogs everywhere. PETA’s Animal Rescue Team has witnessed firsthand the trauma that animals endure when left behind to face floodwaters and flying debris. During previous storms, we have found dogs dead. We have also found them up to their necks in water, unable to sit or lie down, and in almost-submerged crates inside houses and seen animals who have been flung around by high winds. And of course, animals are petrified in these kinds of weather conditions.

Please see PETA’s natural disaster–preparedness PSA featuring Dean Winters. It reminds people to make plans to ensure the safety of their animal companions long before evacuating. For more information, please visit PETA.org.

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Tomorrow, PETA supporters will join Baltimorean David Bucklin and his daughter Evelyn at Canton Waterfront Park—a popular fishing spot—to celebrate Father’s Day with an afternoon of “trash fishing,” or clearing everything from tires and tin cans to fishing tackle from the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. Participants in the cleanup will receive a pack of Swedish Fish gummy fish—a sweet vegan treat and a reminder that the only “fish” humans should be eating are faux ones.

Where:     3001 Boston St. (at the intersection with S. Clinton Street), Baltimore

When:     Saturday, June 19, 12 noon

“Discarded tackle is a leading cause of pollution, proving that fishing doesn’t just hurt fish—it also trashes the planet,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA is teaming up with a compassionate father-daughter duo to tackle trash and make waters safer for wildlife on Father’s Day and every day.”

The actual practice of fishing—hooking gentle animals through their sensitive mouths, watching them slowly suffocate, and sometimes even gutting them while they’re still alive—is abysmally cruel to the intended targets. And every year, anglers leave behind a trail of other victims, including millions of animals who sustain debilitating injuries after swallowing fishhooks or becoming entangled in fishing line. Some 640,000 tons of fishing “ghost gear” enter the world’s oceans every year.

Aquatic animals feel pain as acutely as mammals do, and PETA urges everyone to try the delicious faux-fish options available today, such as Gardein’s Golden Fishless Filets, Fish-Free Tuna from Good Catch, New Wave Foods’ new plant-based shrimp, and Sophie’s Kitchen’s Vegan Crab Cakes.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

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