My Dog Is On The Pill: Super Birth Control Cookies

We found Bianca standing alone near a pool of filthy, stagnant water at an abandoned site.

She was thin, her head hung low, and every sound made her flinch.

She barked when we first approached.

Her fear was evident.

But we waited quietly, letting her see she did not have to run anymore.

Hunger finally pulled her closer.

She approached us step by step, watching carefully to ensure she wasn’t in danger.

Only when she realized she was safe did she let us help.

We took her to our veterinarian who examined her carefully to ensure she had no serious injuries or illnesses that needed urgent treatment.

Once we knew she was stable and safe, we moved her into shelter care.

At the shelter, Bianca curled into a blanket as though she had been waiting for it all along.

For the first time in who knows how long, she could rest without fear.

Bianca’s story is not unusual.

The world's 600 million stray dogs and 87 million stray cats give birth to over 1 billion homeless puppies and kittens every year.

Tragically, those who survive, also reproduce and give birth to another generation of homeless strays - thus repeating the cycle of suffering, every year.

This is why 600MillionDogs is developing a Cookie to break the cycle of suffering before it starts.

A Cookie that will safely spay or neuter a stray dog or cat, and they will only have to eat one cookie, one time!

With your help, we can ensure dogs like Bianca never face hunger and fear again.

Thank you very much for helping and for caring.

With gratitude,

Catherine

Links:

• http://www.600MillionDogs.org

She walked into the trailer because someone she trusted led her there.

But once the doors shut, everything changed.

She was crammed between strangers, unable to turn or lie down.

The trailer did not stop for food, water, or rest.

The heat was suffocating.

Some of the strangers collapsed along the way.

More than 20,000 American horses go through this every year.

They are not heading to new homes.

They are being sent to slaughterhouses across the border, in Mexico or Canada, where they are brutally killed for meat.

And it is still completely legal.

Most of these horses are not sick or dangerous.

They are young and healthy.

Some were beloved companion animals cared for by older adults.

But when their guardians cannot afford to keep them anymore, they end up at auctions.

That is where people called “kill buyers” come in.

They pretend they are giving the horse a second chance, but they sell the horse to be killed for meat in another country.

Horses are wired to flee danger.

In the wild, they survive by running when they sense a threat.

So when they are forced into the kill box, they panic.

The killing method involves firing a metal bolt into the horse’s skull to render them unconscious before they are slaughtered, but it often fails.

That means some horses are still awake when the killing starts.

It is terrifying, and happens every day to horses just like the ones in pastures and family barns across the country.

This is not kindness, it is cruelty.

Right now, it is illegal to slaughter dogs and cats for human consumption in the U.S.

But horses do not have the same protection, even though they are just as beloved by many families.

The Save America's Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act, a law that would outlaw the slaughter of horses in the U.S. and stop them from being exported for meat, would change that.

But Congress will not act unless we pressure them to.

Help build a future where no horse ends his or her life in fear, pain, or alone on a slaughterhouse floor.

Thank you for taking action for animals.

Links:

• Tell Congress: Stop horse slaughter now and let them live!