Hi, I’m in a difficult situation and need some advice on how to protect my cats. I’ve been taking care of two cats for a while now. They were given to me by a family friend, but I don’t have official paperwork for them. I’ve been the one feeding them, providing their vaccinations, and making sure they’re healthy.

Lately, I’ve been very worried because one of my cats has been injured twice under suspicious circumstances. The first time, my cat came back with a broken leg and bruises, and I saw it walking out of my neighbor’s yard. The second time, my cat disappeared again and returned with similar injuries. I’m concerned my neighbor may be harming my cat.. That specific person has acted pretty suspicious in the past. They once locked my cat in their home because their "grandkids wanted them". Also every time I go on a vacation any pet I ever had went missing and they once ran over with their car a stray animal and made their other neighbour's kid pick it up to hide it..

I feel very nervous reaching out to authorities, and I don’t know what to do. I don’t have legal ownership of the cats, but I care for them and want to make sure they’re safe. I’m worried about the potential fallout if I’m wrong, and I’m struggling with how to handle the situation.

Any advice on how I can protect my cats or what steps I should take to address this issue without causing problems for myself?

Thank you for your time. :_)

Hi there, I'm getting wound up about a situation that's becoming hard to ignore. Basically it's a high volume animal control facility, mostly dogs..It's a shitty situation but I'm hoping there are laws to improve some conditions. I've found local laws that will help with better medical care.. However I'm curious about any sort of requirement for enrichment? Especially toys for younger dogs. It seems like there's no federal requirement that I could find yet its practically a necessity for puppies and dogs mental health while living 24/7 in kennels. Tia for any input

There's currently an ongoing EU citizen’s initiative to phase out factory farms (this is an approved EU citizen’s initiative, so if it gets enough signatures the EU has to respond): https://eci.ec.europa.eu/047/public/ It also calls for reducing the number of animal farms over time, and introducing more incentives for the production of plant proteins. Please sign it if you're an EU citizen.

There is a man on TikTok/Red note named PAN HONG from Baicheng city, China. He has a lot of followers and he says he is a dog trainer but he posts very distressing videos torturing dogs to death. The things he does to them is so graphic to even describe but just recently he live-streamed himself on red note beating a malamute and husky to death with an iron bar. Multiple dogs have died so far to different torture methods.

The dogs have owners and they dump them there when they’re not wanted and he does these depraved and cruel acts on them. He is a part of an animal torture group and makes money from these lives and also sells the videos. There’s no animal protection laws in china but is there anything that can be done to stop this?

Can everyone please REPORT the account to hopefully have it taken down?? *his user on TikTok is @panhong688 - look him up at your own discretion, it’s too disturbing.

My expectations are low but (soon to be former?) DOGE co-chair Vivek Ramaswamy has made some promising comments (Eg https://x.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1853441547825504394). Curious which individuals/organizations are working on this and how they’re approaching it.

I suppose I just need to vent as I feel I'm failing and I'm so mentally drained regarding this situation.

Years ago I drove by a home with a lonely white pit mix chained to the base of an oak tree. I've driven by this dog so many times, my heart breaking over and over again at her suffering. I've placed so many calls to Animal Control, all to no avail. I finally got the nerve to go directly to the owner. I discovered he had multiple dogs, all chained...He accepted straw and a new dog house for each dog and eventually I found an organization willing to build fences. He agreed to us coming to build fences and last month we finally unchained "Ladybug", along with her companions, a 3-month old puppy 😞 and another dog. I was thrilled. Her demeanor seemed to change so much in her new kennel. She could walk around, curl up in her dog house and her poor neck was free of her chain.

However, my happiness was short lived as this past week I drove by and noticed she has been rechained. Her owner informed me she was escaping the kennel and acting "aggressively" towards neighbors. I told him we would fix the fence and he agreed to our help. Today I stopped by to assess what needs to be fixed, it appears the owner made one half-hearted attempt to fix it and then simply gave up. It is going to be 19 degrees tonight. Her chain is no longer than 6', with a metal chain and padlock directly around her neck. She has absolutely no room to move, and can just barely make it into her dog house to get inside. I am dealing with someone who has absolutely no compassion for their animals. I've given him so many supplies and 75% of what he has been given for the dogs, straw, new dog collars, stuffed toys, have not even been touched. He knows how cold the week is going to be ahead but there has not been any straw added to their dog houses since I last visited. He wasn't even there when I came today, so I had no way of safely getting more straw in the dogs' houses (except for the puppy's). He keeps telling me he will do the things I ask to just give his dogs the very basics of comfort, yet he never does. I don't understand why he even agrees for me to come and bring things if he knows he isn't going to use them. Why even humor me?

I feel that I'm fighting a losing battle. I'm very uncomfortable continuing any kind of relationship with this person as it is toxic. I lay awake at night so freaking angry and sad. They are his dogs, his "property"...I have no legal control to save them. When these dogs die, new ones will take their place and this hideous cycle will continue...

Hope it's okay to post here - hoping to have found a group of like-minded animal lovers! I've started a petition to ban animal ownership for anyone convicted of animal cruelty. It's time to take a strong stand and make sure those who harm animals can't hurt them again.

Please add your name if you agree and are a UK citizen - every signature counts! https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/705772

Thanks in advance, Ellen & rescue pup Claude

Hey I’m from the UK (northern England specifically) and I really need some advice about a dog I’ve been worried about. I live in an apartment that overlooks the complex next door, and they’ve got this Akita living in a fenced-off car park that’s not used for anything except his little shed. It’s honestly heartbreaking to watch.

The poor dog lives out there completely alone. Nobody ever really interacts with him except for when a couple of younger people occasionally come up to the fence, look at him for a minute, then leave. I don’t think they walk him much—maybe every few days, if that. Even then, they avoid touching him and act like they don’t really want to be near him. They throw scraps of food (like kebab or other takeaway) through the fence for him, and half the time he doesn’t even eat it. His fur is overgrown and scruffy because his winter coat is shedding, and it’s not being taken care of. He’s outside all the time, whether it’s boiling hot or freezing cold. He barks constantly—sometimes late at night—and it’s really frustrating but also so sad because it feels like he’s just desperate for attention.

The dog just looks so miserable. Dogs aren’t supposed to live in solitary confinement, but that’s exactly what this feels like.

The people who own him seem to be using him as some sort of guard dog or deterrent rather than actually caring about him. They’re a large household, and I believe they’re of Asian Muslim background, which I think is relevant because I know dogs aren’t usually valued much in their culture or religion. I don’t think they’re bad people—they probably just don’t understand what a dog actually needs—but it’s so upsetting to see him living like this.

I’ve already contacted the RSPCA, but they said they can’t do anything unless the dog is in immediate danger, which he technically isn’t. It’s not like I can go over and talk to them either—this isn’t just one family but a whole complex, and I really don’t want to cause any issues or tension.

I feel so stuck, it’s making me not want to live in this apartment and I just want to do what’s best for the dog. Has anyone dealt with anything similar? What can I do?

Ps I did make this post using ChatGPT because otherwise it’d be an incoherent rant.

I’m sorry this probably isn’t an effective post but I hope the animals out there are okay. Ugh

Hi everyone!

I am new so please let me know if I do any mistakes. I am from Anantapur, India. We organized an "Animal Welfare Club" in our college (JNTUA) and I am the lead coordinator. We are a group of 70 students.

Here in my college, nobody gives a damn about animals and they treat dogs as shit and treat them harse. Not even the principal of my college is interested in the formation and we are remaining as an unofficial club in the campus. A few, very few do take care of dogs in the campus and I am providing them basic supplies like antibiotics(ampoxin-500, ampikem-500), sprays, anti detergent powders, etc... with help from faculty.

I need some guidance about what activites should I conduct in the club and what steps should I recommend my fellow members to spread animal welfare in the campus.

Any suggestions/ recommendations are welcome!

I love monkeys and apes and follow a lot of conservation pages, which means I sadly get recommended pages like this since the IG algorithm can't tell the difference apparently. It doesn't matter if I report any of this for animal cruelty as nothing ever gets taken down.

Today I have found probably the worst page I've ever seen. This Instagram account constantly posts male baby monkeys itching their gentitals, pulling on them, sucking them, being bitten by ants, wearing clothes that intentionally exposes the penis, etc. It seems like they're doing something intentionally to cause the monkeys to scratch themselves in that area, like putting itching powder or purposefully letting ants bite it. In addition to the weird sexual vids, there are others such as showing the monkeys with their heads stuck in coconuts, buried in dirt, and other physically abusive situations. The comments on these videos are as expected, such as talking about how dirty and disgusting the monkeys are and wanting to cut their genitals off with scissors with the account owner encouraging it. Is there anything that can be done to stop the spread of these accounts and get them taken down? I can't image how sick in the head you'd have to be to actually enjoy this content.

Hi, I recently found this guy on Instagram. It seems that he’s strolling through the jungle and touching random animals. I think he’s mostly touching animals who can’t defend themselves, shining directly in their eyes with bright light, and just behaving a bit inappropriately, in my point of view.

What do you guys think? Is he disrespectful towards the animals or am I just too sensitive?

I asked him if he knows what he is doing in the comments and he immediately blocked me. Also I saw only one single critical comment and he replied in a really aggressive way, saying the person who was criticising him should “glue their balls” somewhere like other activists.

His Instagram: braginacea

Hi, im crying because i just found out my mother went behind my back and called pest control to put poison around the house for the rodents as i have a rodent problem last couple of months that has gotten bad the last few weeks....i was previously using live traps that i could relocate them with and caught and relocated a few to a nice scrub area they could live a few kms from the house. I am an adult that lives by myself...she is just visiting. Because the live traps werent working quickly enough, i had to come to terms with the idea of more permanent solution but cant bring myself to do it. (I can't bare to kill animals when they are just existing and havent done anything wrong) Also these ones are native to the area. After lots of discussion i realised she was going to do something more drastic regardless and so i reluctantly agreed for her to use snap traps (which kills them 😥) as long as that is all and no poison was involved as it is very cruel and apparently slow. (I also live on a protected wildlife area and poison not good for wildlife and i just dont like poisonaround at all) she agreed. ... Welp, she went bwhind my back and dishonestly called the pest control company to put poison around the house, which i ..... Now i cant stop crying if i think about it (i know it may seem silly to some but its how i feels) and also feel very frusterated that she deliberatley disregarded my values and decision. But heartbroken and concerned for the animals and wildlife.
Firstly i just needed to vent this to other people who might actually understand why I care so much. (As noone around me currently seems to get it) ...but also pondering what an ethical pest control solution would be if rodents on house get out of hand and live catching and relocating isnt working effectively enough? ... Thanks for listening and any suggestions welcome. 🐭💚

I’m dealing with an issue involving my neighbor’s dog and could really use some advice. The dog, a hound, barks excessively throughout the day. The owners have told us they believe it’s fine for the dog to bark anytime between 7 AM and 11 PM, but it’s clear to me that this isn’t normal barking—it’s a distress bark. I’ve volunteered with the SPCA, and I’ve learned to recognize the difference between a typical bark and a dog that is vocalizing because it’s stressed or anxious. This is definitely the latter.

The situation is made worse by the fact that the owners frequently leave town for days at a time. They hire a sitter to stop by briefly—letting the dog out in the morning and putting it back inside at night—but that’s the extent of the care it receives. The dog gets no meaningful exercise, no attention, and no companionship. For a hound, which is a high-energy breed that thrives on activity and interaction, this is especially harmful.

The owners have also admitted to overusing a shock collar to the point where it no longer works. This adds to the concern because it shows a lack of understanding or willingness to address the dog’s needs in a humane and effective way. The combination of isolation, lack of exercise, and over-reliance on punishment is clearly taking a toll on the dog’s well-being.

Despite all of this, animal control refuses to act because they claim the dog has food and water. While those are basic necessities, they are not enough to ensure a dog’s health or quality of life. A dog’s needs go far beyond just survival. Regular exercise, mental stimulation, and companionship are critical to a dog’s emotional and physical well-being. Without those, the stress the dog is experiencing can lead to long-term harm—both behaviorally and physically.

This situation has been incredibly frustrating. The barking has become a major disruption to our lives, but more importantly, the dog is suffering. It’s heartbreaking to see an animal in such a state of stress, knowing it doesn’t have to be this way.

Has anyone dealt with something similar? Are there other steps I can take to address the noise and to push for better care for the dog? I’m open to any advice. Thanks for reading and for your help.