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[Dogs barking]

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It’s upsetting
when people say things

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and they don’t understand
what we do.

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They’ve never come to visit,

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or they’ve never
posed any questions.

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They look at numbers
on a piece of paper,

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and they make assumptions.

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I think it’s very
important for people

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to look behind the numbers,

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at the individual animals
that we encounter

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in the field
and what their stories are.

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Every one of those
numbers is a story.

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Every one of those numbers
is an individual animal.

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[Makes kissy sounds
for dog to come]

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It’s OK.

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[Indistinct chatter]

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[Makes kissy sounds
for dog to come]

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[Intriguing music fades in]

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I know you like this.

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I know. I know.

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I know, sweetheart.

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Just give me a second.

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-[Rachel] You all right?
-[Daphna] Yeah.

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-That was an enthusiastic grab.
-[Rachel] Yeah.

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That was an enthusiastic grab.

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Glad you like it, though.

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I’m gonna look at you.
I’m gonna look at you.

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Come here.

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Come on. It’s OK.
No one’s gonna hurt you.

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Generally speaking,
in terms of the

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sorts of areas we visit

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and the predicament
of the dogs that we help,

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it’s a fairly typical day.

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She has lost quite
a bit of weight

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since I was here in June.

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And her hair loss
is more severe,

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and you can see
she’s very hungry.

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And I can see the fleas
crawling all over her body.

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And the flies are eating
her ears up alive.

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I don’t know that she's
fed on a regular basis.

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This is her life every day.

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Every second of every minute
of every hour of every day,

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this dog lives here.

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The woman across the
street is the sister

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of the man who owns this dog.

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And I think it’s

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very important for us to try
and get her out of here

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very, very soon.

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[Intriguing music fades out]

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[Uplifting music starts]

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PETA moved to Norfolk in 1996.

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It was a fiscal decision.
Cost of living here was low.

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We have a building here
on the Elizabeth River,

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downtown Norfolk,
and a dog park,

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which is more than an acre.

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We actually have two dog parks,
a big one and a small one.

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We’ve been growing
by leaps and bounds,

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and so this building
allowed us to

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have a shelter
on the fourth floor.

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CAP stands for the
“Community Animal Project.”

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It is a division of PETA’s

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Cruelty Investigations
Department

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that was born out of necessity

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after PETA moved down to

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southeastern Virginia
in the mid-’90s.

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Bye!

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Over the months
and years after we arrived,

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calls from the
community for help

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increased from week to week.

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And it didn’t take us
very long at the time

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to realize that there was a
dire need in the community,

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not just our immediate community

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here in Norfolk
and Hampton Roads

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but far beyond that
into counties that are rural,

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impoverished
and even over the border

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in northeastern North Carolina,

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where there are
entire jurisdictions

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where there are
no services at all.

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One county we work in doesn’t
even have a veterinarian in it,

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let alone a low-cost
spay/neuter program.

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[Chris] When I was an
animal control officer,

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I saw the problems
that were out there

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and had a friend
that worked at PETA,

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and it seemed like a job
where you could actually

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get out there
and get your hands dirty

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and make a difference.

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[Jes] After my internship here,

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I was inspired by the
work that CAP does.

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So I decided to stay
and continue to work in CAP.

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[Kate] I started volunteering
in the winter

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to do the straw delivery.

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And I kind of fell
in love with seeing

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the impact of what you do
immediately for the animals.

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And I like being out in the
field, getting dirty. [Chuckles]

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Sitting at a desk
isn’t my thing.

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[Emily] As long
as I can remember,

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I’ve always known about PETA

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and I’ve always had a
desire to work at PETA.

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[Daphna]
I was living in Chicago,

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and there was a very disturbing
pet store called Animal Jungle.

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It was just one of those places

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that’s a pure nightmare
for animals.

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And I called PETA
to see what I could do.

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I ended up speaking
with a caseworker

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and sort of followed the
steps that she gave me to do,

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went back in there
with a video camera,

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sent some information.

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But when I would
call after hours

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to give the caseworker updates,

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one time I heard that it said,

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“For job opportunities,
press 7.”

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So I pressed 7.
And that’s that.

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[Inspiring music fades out]

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[Chris] A typical day is usually
going out to North Carolina,

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where we help out people
with their dogs

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that need assistance

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that don’t have money
to take care of their dogs.

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The people are really poor,

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and usually the dogs
are chained out,

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and people forget
about their dogs.

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[Kate] We always have
to be given permission

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to be on somebody’s property.

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So we’ll go and knock.

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[Knocking]
[Dog barking]

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[Jes] Hey! My name’s Jes.
I’m from PETA.

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We had stopped
by before about Brownie.

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[Guardian] Mm-hmm.

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[Jes] We had tried to catch
you a couple of times,

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but maybe you weren’t home.

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[Jes] Oh, OK.

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Well, we just stopped by

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because when I was
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it was in February
and he was kind of thin,

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so I was just checking
to see if things were,

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how things were going.

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[Jes] He does? He’s doing good?

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[Guardian] Yeah.

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[Jes] I know we had also talked
about maybe moving him

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to some shade.

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Today it’s a little mild,
but you know,

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the other day was like 90
degrees and without shade.

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Did I wake you up?
You have a headache?

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[Jes] Aww, I’m sorry.

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Well, I can see that he doesn’t
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but I’m gonna give
him a couple treats.

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[Guardian] OK.

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[Jes] Will you just make
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plenty of water out here?

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[Jes] OK, where?
Oh, in the jugs? OK.

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[Light music fades in]

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[Dogs whining and barking]

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[Daphna]
Tethering is tying up your dog

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or other animals 24 hours a day,

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365 days a year no matter
what the weather is

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no matter, you know,
whether they have shelter.

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[Dog whining]

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It could be pouring
rain or snow.

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It could be freezing cold to the
point where their water bowl

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becomes a frozen piece of ice
and is therefore not drinkable.

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Ice storms and hurricanes
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in this area
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And in the summer months,
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100 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Some people will tether or chain
their animals with, you know,

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an old refrigerator for cover

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or a wire crate for shelter,

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which, of course,
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Or just inadequate shelter like

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a plastic doghouse
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or the dogs are very bored,
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and eventually the doghouses
don’t serve a purpose at all.

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[Kate]
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and they want to be
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And unfortunately, the dogs we
see most chained are pit bulls.

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Where we go,
dogfighting is a thing,

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so we see dogs that are stolen,
used as bait.

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People let their dogs
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so we see dogs
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attacked by dogs
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And because their
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go out and check
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they can be left to suffer
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And after a certain point,
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in a position that they
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[Dogs whining,
wincing, struggling]

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[John] When we was growin’
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A poodle was left in the house.

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And when we got other dogs like

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collies and stuff like that,

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pit bull or German shepherd,
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-[Jes] All dogs are house dogs.
-[John] Hmm?

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All dogs are house dogs.

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What, what makes a dog
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Yeah?

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I mean, so you—

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I know you’re supposed to keep
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You’re supposed to keep
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I mean dogs are pack animals.

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Keeping ’em chained outside,

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it breaks down their
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It’s not good for them.

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OK. [Laughs]

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Like I said, the way that, like,

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these dogs are set up,
I mean, it isolates them.

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When they’re inside and they're
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-they’re happier.
-[John] Mmm.

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[Somber music fades in]

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[Daphna] I’ve asked people
why they have dogs

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when they keep
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I think in many of the
cases that we deal with,

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it’s a very deeply ingrained

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traditional way in which people
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that dogs belong outside or

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it’s a possession
that allows you to say,

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“Well, I have 20 pit bulls,
and I breed my pit bulls.”

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I’ve heard,

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“They’re out there
to let me know

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when someone comes
into my yard.”

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So they’re pretty much
little alarm systems.

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Sometimes the people
with bigger dogs, you know,

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they don’t want their dog
to ruin their furniture or

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they didn’t want
to put up with a puppy

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peeing on the carpet
and things like that.

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They don’t wanna
have the patience

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to go through potty training.

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[Puppy whining]

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[Thomas] I grew up in a rural
part of Virginia where

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most normal kids were
riding their bikes,

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and then I was just
out there with a pack of dogs.

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And always going
to their houses and

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just offering to do
something with them

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because a lot of people
kept them chained.

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[Jes] One of the struggles

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that we really face
is just general lack

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of education and knowing
what they really need.

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[Kate] So we try to educate
people as much as possible,

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but it’s hard to take
someone coming in who

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is telling you everything
you’ve been doing is wrong,

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and you need to start
doing it this way.

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[Katina] Is she in heat?

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[Katina] Yeah, it looks
like she’s in heat.

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Do you put her
inside when she’s in heat?

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[Guardian]
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[Heather] ’Cause otherwise,
if she’s not pregnant now,

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she will be very soon.

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[Katina] That’s that the song

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“my milkshake brings all
the boys to the yard.”

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[Laughing]

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[Chris]
The communities that we go to,

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they’re all very poor.

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Most of the people are
really low-income.

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I think it’s important
to remember that

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you have to have compassion
for them, for their situation,

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for the reason
that they’re there.

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Because they don’t wanna
be in that situation, either,

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and they were taught from their
family to be this way,

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to treat animals that way.

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So, you know, all we can
really do is go out there

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and help their animals
the best that we can.

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All righty,
it’s good to meet you all.

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[Somber music fades out]

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[Uplifting music fades in]

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[Daphna] Each day,

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the fieldworkers are
assigned certain cases.

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It may be that they also
remember cases from the area

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or they’ve asked to go
back to a certain case.

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And then they go
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usually on their own.

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Sometimes two
fieldworkers go together.

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Could be that they are
delivering doghouses,

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it could be that they are taking
an animal back home after spay.

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It could be that they’re picking
up an animal to be spayed.

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It could be that they are going
out because somebody called us

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because their dog fell,

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you know, off the balcony
and needs to be looked at.

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It could be a frequent flyer,
if you will,

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where we go out once a
month and give flea prevention.

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[Chris]
You know, we bring out dog food.

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We bring out tie-outs
to people that have dogs

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in backyards and won’t
bring them in their house.

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The flies bite their ears

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’cause the owners never
clean up the feces,

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so the flies will actually
eat their ears off.

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Like, I’ve seen
ears that are gone.

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We do a lot of education
in terms of teaching people

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we need to get a little
bit of vet help here

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or alternately this is
how you trim nails.

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This is better nutrition

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or just kind
of trying to improve

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the lives of the animals
that we meet.

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[Chris] You can see where
the quick is right there.

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[Guardian] Right, right.

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[Chris]
If you go further than that,

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she’s gonna bleed.

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[Guardian] Oh, yeah.

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[Chris] I mean, we’ll come
out and do it for free,

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but just we need to get
on it more often,

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because the more
that they grow,

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then the quick
will keep going out.

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And as they keep getting longer,

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it’s harder to get them
where they need to be.

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You know what I’m saying?

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[Chris] Oh, man. She loves you,
doesn’t she?

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[Chris] You want a
couple cans of dog food?

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[Chris]And I'll get the
fleameds. OK. Be back in a sec.

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[Chris] We’ll stop back out in,
you know, like, you know,

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six weeks and check
back in and do the nails again,

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see how she’s doin’.

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Yeah.

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Oh, yeah, I can give you—I can
give you a card. No problem.

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Well, like I said,
we appreciate it, man.

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Well, I’m glad we
could help you out.

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[Uplifting music fades out]

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[Daphna]
The first time I came here,

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she didn’t come
out of the doghouse at all.

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It’s taken several visits,
you know.

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[Camera operator]
Mm-hmm.

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Last time I tried to pet her,
she flinched.

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You know, she’s not
used to being touched.

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You see?

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She doesn’t know what it is.

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She doesn’t...
she’s not familiar with petting.

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She’s not... she's just afraid.

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It’s always, you know,
the loneliness, the fear,

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struggling with the flies,
with the mosquitos,

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with the fleas, with the ticks.

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And being chained,
some of these dogs that we saw,

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in full sun in this weather,
it’s absolutely horrific.

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Nobody would stop
by Zena’s house

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by happenstance
and stumble upon the dog who’s

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so sorely neglected that she’s
not long for this world.

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The bottom line is that it’s
about what these animals need,

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and most of these animals have
never had someone hold them

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and kiss them and tell them
that they’re wonderful

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and give them a good
meal and a clean,

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soft blanket to lie on.

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For most of the animals
we deal with,

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that’s the first time they've
ever had a kind word.

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You can see that all over Zena’s
face when we deal with her.

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That no one has ever bent down
and told her she was beautiful

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or she was a good girl.

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No one has ever bothered
to treat her for fleas

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that she has by the thousands.

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No one has

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bothered to take her for a walk
so she could roll in the grass.

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Nobody’s bothered to give her
a meal that she appreciates.

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She’s basically been kept alive

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with food, water,
and a doghouse we gave her.

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[Guardian’s sister] Oh, OK.

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[Guardian’s sister]
OK, thank you so much.

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[Daphna] Thank you.

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[Guardian’s sister]
You are so welcome.

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[Daphna] That dog was living
in fear of everything,

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so I hope we can
do something special

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and give her a chance to enjoy
life and find happiness.

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It’ll take a little while,

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but perhaps she’ll be
able to be rehabilitated.

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[Makes kissy sounds]

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We’re not taking the
flies with us, Zena.

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We’re gonna leave
the flies here.

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Beautiful dog. Beautiful girl.

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[Makes kiss sound]

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[Van door closes]

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[Light music fades in]
[Van sliding door opens]

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[Chris]
When the animal is surrendered,

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the form is signed by the owner.

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We bring the animal back.

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We take the animal upstairs.

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They get, like,
a really nice guest room.

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We give them food and treats,
and they even get music.

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It’s a nice stay.

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My job at the
PETA animal shelter

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is to help take in animals
and provide their evaluation

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and make sure they’re
comfortable for the stay,

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whether or not it’s
overnight or for several days,

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and see them
through to their next step.

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[Jenny] By far of any
shelter I’ve worked in,

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the rooms are really nice.

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We lay down the floors
with thick blankets

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and put toys in there,
food and water obviously.

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Usually,
we’ll play some classical,

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relaxing music for them.

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One of the rooms is
bigger than my first

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apartment bedroom and bathroom
combined. [Chuckles]

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[Daphna] Most of the animals
that we have come in

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we try to transfer out quickly

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to some of our
placement partners

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that do have
traditional shelters,

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and we also use foster
homes as part of our shelter.

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We are a shelter
under Virginia law,

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and even though the number
of animals that we helped

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through the shelter last year
was roughly 2,000 animals,

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the number of animals’
lives that we touched

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through the local
program was more than

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20,000 animals—to give
you an idea of how

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the sheltering part of our
work is vital to those animals.

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But so is everything
else that we’re doing.

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[Katina] When we bring all
animals into the shelter

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either for a surrender
or for spay or for neuter,

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we do a health assessment
form on all the animals.

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We check from head
to toe—you know,

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their ears, their mouth,
their teeth.

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Are there any sores or any cuts

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or anything like that on them
that is notable?

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Are they eating?
Did they go potty?

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PETA takes in all animals.

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We have had mice.
We’ve had pigs, ducks,

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of course, your dogs
and your cats, iguanas, rats.

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So all animals.

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[Light music fades out]

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[Chain hitting metal scale]

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This chain came off of a puppy

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whose neck vertebrae can’t
hold the weight of it

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but also makes it
so that the puppy usually gets

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tangled or lethargic,
where they’re not able to move.

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They can’t get
to food and water.

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[Daphna] Most of the dogs
that we see, when we find them,

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they’re trapped at the end
of a heavy chain.

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Sometimes, the chain
is heavy on purpose

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because someone is trying
to build their neck muscles.

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You know, the people who
do that think that it looks

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quote unquote “tough.”

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And so essentially,
tethering is chaining.

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It’s just staking out an
animal as if they were,

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you know, an old bicycle.

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Tethering is something that we
work very hard to outlaw.

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We’ve been able to get tethering
banned or restricted in every

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single city in the Hampton Roads
area here in Virginia,

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and we’re also working
in North Carolina

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to make it so that

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you can’t leave your
dog tethered or chained

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24 hours a day.

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At the moment,
it’s totally legal to do that

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in most of the North Carolina
jurisdictions that we visit.

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We have been able to get it
restricted and/or

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banned in some jurisdictions,

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and so we’re kinda trying

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to have a ripple effect
with that.

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[Dogs whimpering]

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[Chris] Some areas do have
chaining ordinances where

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you can’t have your
dog chained out at all.

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In other places, you can have
your dog chained out for,

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like, three hours a day, which
is kind of frustrating because

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there’s no animal
control officer that’s

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gonna sit there for three hours.

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They’ll come back, and the
dog is inside or chained out.

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They can’t really
enforce the law.

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[Heather]
The other thing we found

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is that the people
who live in a place

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where there is an
anti-tethering ordinance,

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they’ll sometimes
put them in pens,

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and the pens will be just
as small as their tether.

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so there needs to be
stricter enforcement

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of how big a pen can be.

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So that it doesn’t become the
same as chaining a dog up.

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[Wind blowing rapidly]

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[Van rolling over gravel]

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[Van door closing]

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-[Kate] Hey! Are you David?

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[Kate] Oh, hi! I met your
brother Dennis yesterday.

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[Kate] So we brought
out a plastic house for—

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do you call him
Jack or Jake?

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[Kate]
Anything. OK. OK.

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Um, so yeah, I set up a
plastic house for him

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because that metal
thing was off.

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Um, did you guys talk about

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do you think you wanna
get him neutered?

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OK.

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Nooo.

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Nooo!

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I know, but I talked
to Dennis yesterday.

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Pit bulls do not
have it easy out here.

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Well, I know. That’s what
everybody says, though, and

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I mean, half these dogs
end up being fought.

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[Kate]
You never know about the people

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that you’re gonna
give the puppies to.

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[Kate] And especially for him
with being, like, a male dog,

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he’s gonna get older
and the longer he’s chained

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being unneutered, the more
frustrated he’s gonna get.

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So yeah, if you guys
decide to neuter him,

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we’ll be happy to do it.

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We might be able to bring
out one of the wooden doghouses.

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He’s so big,
I have a feeling he’s gonna

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break that two-tone in half in,
like, five minutes.

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[Upbeat music fades in]

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00:21:46.738 --> 00:21:48.373
[Daphna]
PETA employs carpenters

489
00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:49.808
through our
Operations Department

490
00:21:50.108 --> 00:21:53.645
that build these doghouses
that come in different sizes.

491
00:21:53.979 --> 00:21:56.381
We do try to not
give doghouses

492
00:21:56.682 --> 00:21:58.350
unless the animal has
been spayed or neutered,

493
00:21:58.650 --> 00:22:00.552
so that’s a real
bargaining chip for us,

494
00:22:00.786 --> 00:22:01.453
as a foot in the door.

495
00:22:01.787 --> 00:22:04.656
The doghouse program
is a phenomenal program

496
00:22:04.923 --> 00:22:06.558
for the dogs who
get the doghouses.

497
00:22:06.858 --> 00:22:08.827
Many of them have
never had shelter.

498
00:22:09.161 --> 00:22:09.628
For many of them,

499
00:22:10.362 --> 00:22:12.097
that’s as close as they’re
going to get to a home.

500
00:22:12.964 --> 00:22:14.032
It’s very sad to say.

501
00:22:14.332 --> 00:22:17.069
I mean, a doghouse is
not the end-all solution,

502
00:22:17.369 --> 00:22:19.771
but it makes a
tremendous difference

503
00:22:20.072 --> 00:22:22.607
in the winter especially
but also in the summer

504
00:22:22.841 --> 00:22:24.042
if the dogs don’t have shade.

505
00:22:24.376 --> 00:22:26.011
Our doghouses
have an overhang.

506
00:22:26.311 --> 00:22:29.648
The opening is off to the side.
They have a flap.

507
00:22:30.015 --> 00:22:31.883
They’re just big enough
for the dog to go in

508
00:22:32.217 --> 00:22:34.753
so that in the winter the
body heat is contained inside.

509
00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:36.555
They have a little
hook in the back

510
00:22:36.855 --> 00:22:39.391
so that we can put the
water bucket onto it.

511
00:22:39.791 --> 00:22:41.927
And they also have our
800-number on the side,

512
00:22:42.260 --> 00:22:44.062
so heaven forbid,
if an animal is sick

513
00:22:44.496 --> 00:22:47.933
or an animal is dying or an
animal gets hit by a car,

514
00:22:48.233 --> 00:22:49.701
the person who has that animal

515
00:22:49.968 --> 00:22:52.003
doesn’t have an
excuse not to call us,

516
00:22:52.237 --> 00:22:53.505
because that phone number is

517
00:22:53.805 --> 00:22:55.540
right there on the
side of the house.

518
00:22:59.911 --> 00:23:03.415
[Emily] We deliver probably
about 300 doghouses every year

519
00:23:03.882 --> 00:23:07.586
and it helps make dogs’
life a little bit less hellish,

520
00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:08.987
especially in the wintertime.

521
00:23:09.221 --> 00:23:10.155
It’s like a last resort.

522
00:23:10.489 --> 00:23:11.056
Like, I try to talk people into

523
00:23:11.323 --> 00:23:12.758
getting their dogs
in the house.

524
00:23:13.191 --> 00:23:13.959
And if that can’t happen,

525
00:23:14.426 --> 00:23:17.195
then the doghouse is obviously
the best resort for that.

526
00:23:36.248 --> 00:23:37.115
[Camera clicks]

527
00:23:46.725 --> 00:23:49.127
We’ll set it up for you even if
it’s in, like, a pen or a fence.

528
00:23:49.427 --> 00:23:51.463
We’ll flip it over the
fence for somebody.

529
00:23:51.763 --> 00:23:53.231
[Daphna] I can’t tell you
how many cases we have

530
00:23:53.532 --> 00:23:57.002
discovered by virtue of offering
this doghouse program,

531
00:23:57.302 --> 00:23:59.938
because people will hear
about it and they will call.

532
00:24:00.205 --> 00:24:00.806
Or they’ll ask their cousin,

533
00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:02.240
“Where did you get
your doghouse?”

534
00:24:02.707 --> 00:24:04.142
“Oh, it was free—I
got it from PETA.”

535
00:24:04.442 --> 00:24:06.478
And then they call
us for a doghouse,

536
00:24:06.812 --> 00:24:08.046
and we’re able
to ask them questions,

537
00:24:08.346 --> 00:24:10.649
go and visit with the dogs,
assess the situation,

538
00:24:10.949 --> 00:24:13.685
talk to them about spay/neuter,
talk to them about flystrike,

539
00:24:13.985 --> 00:24:15.520
talk to them
about heartworm disease,

540
00:24:15.821 --> 00:24:17.956
talk to them about just
basic necessities of life

541
00:24:18.256 --> 00:24:21.626
that the dog needs if there’s no
water or there’s no water bowl.

542
00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:24.262
So the doghouses are, for PETA,
they’re very expensive,

543
00:24:24.529 --> 00:24:26.097
but they make a
tremendous difference,

544
00:24:26.398 --> 00:24:28.667
a world of difference
for the recipients.

545
00:24:34.906 --> 00:24:37.075
[Drilling]

546
00:24:43.748 --> 00:24:48.720
[Upbeat music fades out]
[Highway traffic sounds]

547
00:24:49.821 --> 00:24:53.225
[Indistinct chatter
and laughing]

548
00:24:54.125 --> 00:24:56.661
[Daphna] PETA has a
straw-delivery program,

549
00:24:56.995 --> 00:25:01.566
and every winter we deliver
straw to needy “backyard dogs.”

550
00:25:01.867 --> 00:25:05.570
We have a pallet in our
parking lot with bags of straw.

551
00:25:05.937 --> 00:25:08.273
People can come and take
free straw, and they do.

552
00:25:08.573 --> 00:25:11.810
We also have our staff
volunteer on the weekends

553
00:25:12.110 --> 00:25:14.112
to go out into given areas

554
00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.146
where we know there is a

555
00:25:15.814 --> 00:25:19.684
high concentration of chained
dogs and offer free straw.

556
00:25:19.985 --> 00:25:22.821
The straw in the winter,
it’s bedding for dogs.

557
00:25:23.121 --> 00:25:25.991
People thoughtlessly give
them things like a blanket.

558
00:25:26.291 --> 00:25:29.127
Well, if it rains
and then it’s 32 degrees,

559
00:25:29.427 --> 00:25:32.097
you know, the blanket is
basically a giant piece of ice.

560
00:25:32.464 --> 00:25:35.267
So that’s not very helpful.
But the straw will remain dry.

561
00:25:35.567 --> 00:25:38.904
The dogs love it.
They love to roll in it.

562
00:25:39.204 --> 00:25:41.172
When we put it down,
they get very excited.

563
00:25:41.473 --> 00:25:44.809
And it does help contain their
body heat in the doghouses.

564
00:25:45.110 --> 00:25:46.811
We wish we didn’t
have to give straw away

565
00:25:47.112 --> 00:25:48.680
because we don’t want
dogs to be outside,

566
00:25:49.314 --> 00:25:51.883
but the reality is that a
lot of dogs do live outside

567
00:25:52.183 --> 00:25:53.985
and the straw makes a
big difference for them.

568
00:25:54.219 --> 00:25:57.022
[Straw rustling]

569
00:25:59.090 --> 00:26:00.191
[Heather laughing]

570
00:26:00.492 --> 00:26:01.026
[Heather]
That’s your spot now?

571
00:26:01.426 --> 00:26:02.694
[Kate]
She’s, like, “I like this.”

572
00:26:04.796 --> 00:26:06.698
[Heather] Here, do you want
that one in there? Yeah?

573
00:26:06.932 --> 00:26:07.699
[Kate]
Aww.

574
00:26:11.102 --> 00:26:15.607
[Trucks zooming by on highway]

575
00:26:18.076 --> 00:26:22.080
[Van pulling up]

576
00:26:22.447 --> 00:26:25.250
[Jes] The thing is,
is that if your dogs are outside

577
00:26:25.517 --> 00:26:27.919
and they’re not
getting treatment for it,

578
00:26:28.486 --> 00:26:29.654
they’re gonna
get heartworms.

579
00:26:29.955 --> 00:26:32.390
It’s a parasite
that wraps around the heart.

580
00:26:32.724 --> 00:26:34.025
They
will
{end-italic} get it in our area.

581
00:26:36.294 --> 00:26:38.663
Yeah. I think so.
I’ll check, but I think so,

582
00:26:38.964 --> 00:26:41.633
’cause I think he was at the
end stages of heartworm.

583
00:26:42.867 --> 00:26:44.736
[Jes] Hi, Whitey.
Is he, he’s friendly?

584
00:26:44.936 --> 00:26:45.537
[Guardian] Yeah, he’s friendly.

585
00:26:45.837 --> 00:26:47.405
[Jes] Hey, bud.
You look very friendly.

586
00:26:47.639 --> 00:26:51.643
Hi. Hi. Hi.
What up, bud?

587
00:26:56.114 --> 00:26:58.984
[Jes] I’m not gonna give you
another dog to tie out here.

588
00:27:02.187 --> 00:27:05.023
[Jes]
So we only adopt to inside.

589
00:27:05.323 --> 00:27:08.059
You know, it’s just when they
live inside, they’re happier.

590
00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:09.661
So when they’re tied outside,

591
00:27:09.961 --> 00:27:11.997
that’s not the life
that we encourage.

592
00:27:12.263 --> 00:27:14.132
Exactly why what
happened to Brownie.

593
00:27:14.432 --> 00:27:16.868
They get diseases,
and things happen to ’em.

594
00:27:17.168 --> 00:27:19.004
Everybody here has
been neutered already.

595
00:27:19.304 --> 00:27:20.572
Yeah.

596
00:27:20.605 --> 00:27:23.708
Wonderful, that’s great. OK,
I’m gonna unload the doghouses.

597
00:27:24.376 --> 00:27:26.878
Do you have a spot, though,
that we could maybe move him

598
00:27:27.345 --> 00:27:29.280
where he’d have a
little bit more shade?

599
00:27:31.816 --> 00:27:33.018
Yeah, let’s...
I think that would be great.

600
00:27:33.318 --> 00:27:35.920
[Doghouse on dolly rolling]
[Dog barking]

601
00:27:45.530 --> 00:27:46.998
[Jes]
He’s just having some good fun.

602
00:27:47.332 --> 00:27:49.134
Whoa, he’s gonna
take you out there.

603
00:27:49.467 --> 00:27:50.301
Hi, bud.

604
00:27:52.103 --> 00:27:53.038
Hi.

605
00:27:53.805 --> 00:27:54.839
Hi.

606
00:27:59.444 --> 00:28:00.445
Good.

607
00:28:04.182 --> 00:28:06.951
You just have to wash
them out every so often.

608
00:28:08.153 --> 00:28:10.055
[Hose water pouring]

609
00:28:10.455 --> 00:28:12.390
[Dog panting]

610
00:28:19.531 --> 00:28:20.832
Here you go.

611
00:28:25.336 --> 00:28:28.206
[Jes] I meet thousands
of cats and dogs.

612
00:28:28.540 --> 00:28:32.510
So obviously, I have connections
with all or most of them.

613
00:28:32.944 --> 00:28:34.079
[Jes to dog]
All right, see you later.

614
00:28:34.813 --> 00:28:37.048
It’s definitely hard
to leave them

615
00:28:37.348 --> 00:28:40.018
after visiting the
animals in the field.

616
00:28:40.452 --> 00:28:42.754
But as much as it’s
hard to leave,

617
00:28:43.054 --> 00:28:44.189
I know there’s
someone else out there

618
00:28:44.422 --> 00:28:46.424
waiting for us to get there.

619
00:28:47.292 --> 00:28:48.827
[Camera clicks]
[Uplifting music starts]

620
00:28:49.127 --> 00:28:52.130
[Jes] I met Edith
when she was just a year old.

621
00:28:52.430 --> 00:28:54.299
She was one of the
“backyard dogs”

622
00:28:54.532 --> 00:28:56.234
that we checked on regularly.

623
00:28:56.568 --> 00:28:58.937
She was chained
at an address that had

624
00:28:59.237 --> 00:29:01.840
several pit bulls chained
on the property with her.

625
00:29:02.574 --> 00:29:05.076
We tried for years
to get her surrendered,

626
00:29:05.343 --> 00:29:07.779
and we educated her owners.

627
00:29:08.113 --> 00:29:10.849
We provided a doghouse.
We spayed her.

628
00:29:11.282 --> 00:29:12.851
You know, every time
that I was in the area,

629
00:29:13.118 --> 00:29:14.986
I would go
and visit Edith and

630
00:29:15.553 --> 00:29:18.823
try to talk her owner
into giving her to me.

631
00:29:19.190 --> 00:29:22.393
At one point, she was no
longer on the property,

632
00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:25.296
and I assumed that she had died

633
00:29:25.763 --> 00:29:29.467
because that’s what happens
to dogs who are chained outside,

634
00:29:29.767 --> 00:29:32.303
either from the heat—she’s
a black chow mix,

635
00:29:32.570 --> 00:29:35.507
so it’s harder for them
than other dogs.

636
00:29:35.773 --> 00:29:37.308
I mean, of course, I was,

637
00:29:39.410 --> 00:29:42.413
yeah, I mean, I was
devastated when we lost her.

638
00:29:43.014 --> 00:29:45.150
You meet these guys,
and they’re your friends,

639
00:29:45.416 --> 00:29:46.951
and you tell them all the time,
you know,

640
00:29:47.218 --> 00:29:47.919
“I will be back for you.”

641
00:29:48.453 --> 00:29:51.156
You know, we’re trying
as hard as we can to get them.

642
00:29:51.422 --> 00:29:52.857
We didn’t know
where Edith had went.

643
00:29:53.158 --> 00:29:56.528
She must have been
around seven or eight years old.

644
00:29:56.928 --> 00:30:00.498
We don’t visit a lot of dogs
that get to be that age.

645
00:30:00.899 --> 00:30:04.502
“Backyard dogs” just do
not have a long life span.

646
00:30:04.769 --> 00:30:06.171
You know, her being older,

647
00:30:06.638 --> 00:30:09.307
generally being
neglected for so long,

648
00:30:09.541 --> 00:30:11.042
I assumed that she was dead.

649
00:30:11.342 --> 00:30:13.478
[Uplifting music fades out]

650
00:30:14.979 --> 00:30:19.250
[Van rumbles on gravel]

651
00:30:26.424 --> 00:30:28.126
[Daphna] Four years
we’ve been visiting this dog,

652
00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:29.294
for four years.

653
00:30:29.527 --> 00:30:32.197
He called us to get a doghouse.

654
00:30:32.564 --> 00:30:33.097
This dog has had

655
00:30:33.731 --> 00:30:36.434
several litters of puppies
until he let us spay her.

656
00:30:36.734 --> 00:30:40.038
I don’t even remember
where I was, you know,

657
00:30:40.371 --> 00:30:43.908
four years ago, you know,
what was going on in my life.

658
00:30:44.209 --> 00:30:46.945
Every day is a different day,
you know,

659
00:30:47.212 --> 00:30:50.215
and exciting things happen,
and I travel,

660
00:30:50.448 --> 00:30:52.517
and I enjoy myself

661
00:30:53.618 --> 00:30:55.153
sometimes. [Chuckles]

662
00:30:56.154 --> 00:31:00.225
And you know, this dog has
had the same patch of dirt,

663
00:31:01.092 --> 00:31:02.660
the same doghouse,

664
00:31:03.294 --> 00:31:07.932
the same flies, the same fleas,
mosquitos.

665
00:31:08.333 --> 00:31:12.303
Nothing to give her joy.
There is nothing.

666
00:31:12.670 --> 00:31:16.608
She has been maintained
in order to survive physically,

667
00:31:17.041 --> 00:31:19.911
and emotionally she
was just broken.

668
00:31:20.345 --> 00:31:23.214
I mean,
she was so poorly socialized.

669
00:31:24.482 --> 00:31:25.483
She never went for walks.

670
00:31:25.783 --> 00:31:30.088
Where she had to eat is where
she had to urinate and defecate,

671
00:31:30.388 --> 00:31:33.091
and that’s where she
also had to sleep.

672
00:31:33.358 --> 00:31:36.261
And that was her life every day,
every day.

673
00:31:36.527 --> 00:31:39.364
And I think
about this dog a lot.

674
00:31:39.664 --> 00:31:42.267
I thought about this
dog a lot because

675
00:31:43.234 --> 00:31:45.637
when it’s storming—last night,
there was a storm.

676
00:31:45.903 --> 00:31:47.005
And my dogs,

677
00:31:48.006 --> 00:31:49.474
my dogs at home were terrified.

678
00:31:49.741 --> 00:31:51.109
I had to stay up with my dogs,

679
00:31:51.376 --> 00:31:54.178
who are inside
and have security.

680
00:31:54.545 --> 00:31:57.248
This dog doesn’t have anybody
to tell her that it’s OK

681
00:31:57.482 --> 00:31:58.249
and the storm will pass

682
00:31:58.750 --> 00:32:02.420
and to hug her and just make
her feel a little bit better.

683
00:32:02.854 --> 00:32:06.024
She’s alone, and all she's got
is that doghouse we gave her

684
00:32:06.257 --> 00:32:06.891
and our visits.

685
00:32:07.358 --> 00:32:11.162
So it’s a wonderful day
that she’s out of this

686
00:32:11.496 --> 00:32:14.999
life sentence she was
serving for no reason at all.

687
00:32:20.071 --> 00:32:21.439
[Dog barks]

688
00:32:22.040 --> 00:32:23.541
-[Daphna] What?
-[Indiscernible chatter]

689
00:32:23.775 --> 00:32:25.009
You wanna throw it?

690
00:32:25.276 --> 00:32:26.477
-[Kid] I wanna throw it.
-[Daphna] OK.

691
00:32:27.312 --> 00:32:28.413
[Kid] I wanna throw it.

692
00:32:28.713 --> 00:32:31.482
Let’s, let's let her play
with it for one second.

693
00:32:40.425 --> 00:32:45.330
[Branches rustling]

694
00:32:47.699 --> 00:32:49.100
-[Manfred] More cats.
-[Daphna] Cats.

695
00:32:51.602 --> 00:32:53.204
-[Manfred] It’s quite small.
-[Daphna] You see all the...

696
00:32:53.838 --> 00:32:55.006
[Manfred]
It’s not really healthy.

697
00:32:56.274 --> 00:32:56.774
[Kitten meows]

698
00:32:57.041 --> 00:32:58.176
[Manfred]
Aww, yeah, yeah.

699
00:32:59.010 --> 00:33:00.545
[Daphna] You see all the
infection in his eyes?

700
00:33:00.812 --> 00:33:02.246
[Manfred]
In the eyes. I saw.

701
00:33:06.551 --> 00:33:07.251
[Kitten meows]

702
00:33:07.485 --> 00:33:08.252
I know, buddy.

703
00:33:09.354 --> 00:33:09.821
[Kitten meows]

704
00:33:09.854 --> 00:33:11.055
I’m sorry.

705
00:33:11.556 --> 00:33:13.591
She said there are
a lot of wild cats

706
00:33:14.125 --> 00:33:15.760
and they have
babies all the time.

707
00:33:18.830 --> 00:33:20.531
[Daphna] He’s got a couple
of maggots I think on his nose.

708
00:33:20.798 --> 00:33:22.266
[Manfred]
The eyes, the eye look...

709
00:33:22.667 --> 00:33:24.135
[Daphna]
Yeah, his eyes are sealed shut.

710
00:33:24.769 --> 00:33:26.037
[Kids]
Can we come back there?

711
00:33:26.671 --> 00:33:29.207
No, why don’t you guys
wait because I don’t,

712
00:33:29.474 --> 00:33:31.175
it’s a lot for these
little guys.

713
00:33:31.542 --> 00:33:33.144
[Indiscernible chatter]

714
00:33:36.581 --> 00:33:37.081
[Somber music fades in]

715
00:33:37.615 --> 00:33:39.484
[Daphna] Bye, young man.
Thanks for your help.

716
00:33:39.851 --> 00:33:42.387
[Hannah] “Outdoor cats”
that live outside 24/7,

717
00:33:42.687 --> 00:33:45.523
they tend to contract
diseases from each other.

718
00:33:45.823 --> 00:33:48.593
Outdoor or feral cats
that are not vaccinated,

719
00:33:48.826 --> 00:33:50.194
which most of them are not,

720
00:33:50.695 --> 00:33:54.165
they can carry feline
leukemia and feline AIDS,

721
00:33:54.465 --> 00:33:55.800
and they can spread
it to other cats.

722
00:33:56.100 --> 00:33:59.404
They are exposed to the
dangers of Mother Nature.

723
00:33:59.737 --> 00:34:01.506
[Jenny] The “outdoor cats”
that are kept out

724
00:34:01.806 --> 00:34:04.542
typically don’t have
a very long life span.

725
00:34:04.876 --> 00:34:08.246
If they get hurt,
there isn’t much vet care,

726
00:34:08.546 --> 00:34:11.149
so you see a lot of wounds,
a lot of infection.

727
00:34:11.382 --> 00:34:13.151
If a cat does get hit by a car,

728
00:34:13.418 --> 00:34:15.420
it’s really sad because
a lot of times

729
00:34:15.720 --> 00:34:18.256
they won’t check and make sure
the animal has even passed.

730
00:34:18.556 --> 00:34:21.325
And so they can languish
on for days and days.

731
00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:24.429
[Ashley] “Outdoor cats”—I mean,
they’re more prone to injuries.

732
00:34:24.729 --> 00:34:27.198
We see where they’ve been
attacked by other animals,

733
00:34:27.398 --> 00:34:28.199
by wildlife.

734
00:34:28.499 --> 00:34:30.735
We’re always telling the
clients who we deal with

735
00:34:30.968 --> 00:34:32.537
to please spay and neuter.

736
00:34:33.070 --> 00:34:34.772
Please keep their
animals inside.

737
00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:36.140
[Adam]
There are so many of them,

738
00:34:36.407 --> 00:34:37.675
and they aren’t
spayed or neutered.

739
00:34:37.909 --> 00:34:39.610
One unspayed cat can produce

740
00:34:39.911 --> 00:34:43.648
over 200 cats in one
year just from them,

741
00:34:43.948 --> 00:34:46.551
you know, mating and having
litters upon litters of kittens.

742
00:34:46.851 --> 00:34:50.254
You might get a call for,
like, five or six cats,

743
00:34:50.555 --> 00:34:53.558
but really, when you show up,
there’s 18 or more.

744
00:34:53.858 --> 00:34:57.195
And cats, they start reproducing
when they’re a lot younger

745
00:34:57.462 --> 00:34:59.597
than dogs and faster.

746
00:34:59.897 --> 00:35:04.202
Because there is such a huge
number of cats out there,

747
00:35:04.502 --> 00:35:06.270
definitely having them
spayed and neutered

748
00:35:06.571 --> 00:35:09.774
will help prevent unwanted
litters and help save cats.

749
00:35:10.141 --> 00:35:11.843
[Somber music fades out]

750
00:35:12.677 --> 00:35:16.414
[Van pulls up]

751
00:35:16.814 --> 00:35:19.283
[Jes] Uh, you have a couple cats
for spay/neuter, right?

752
00:35:19.517 --> 00:35:20.218
Yeah.

753
00:35:20.485 --> 00:35:21.652
OK. How many you have? Two?

754
00:35:22.253 --> 00:35:22.854
Two.

755
00:35:22.887 --> 00:35:24.856
Two. OK. Are they inside?

756
00:35:26.824 --> 00:35:28.292
OK, well, I’ll give you the kit.

757
00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:29.827
Do you need my
help catching ’em,

758
00:35:30.127 --> 00:35:32.430
or are they gonna run
more when they see me?

759
00:35:35.600 --> 00:35:36.367
Don’t let 'em out here.

760
00:35:37.568 --> 00:35:38.436
Yeah. Let’s...

761
00:35:39.070 --> 00:35:42.640
OK. Well, let’s...
is your dog friendly?

762
00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.574
Oh, yeah.

763
00:35:45.009 --> 00:35:47.678
OK. All right.
Let’s take 'em in then.

764
00:35:48.346 --> 00:35:49.780
[Jes]
Where’s all this girl's hair?

765
00:35:50.081 --> 00:35:51.749
-[Guardian] Huh?
-[Jes] Where’s all her hair?

766
00:35:54.952 --> 00:35:56.721
[Jes]
Does she have flea meds on now?

767
00:35:58.823 --> 00:36:00.725
[Jes]
OK, we better put some on her.

768
00:36:01.726 --> 00:36:02.927
-[Jes] Where is your white cat?

769
00:36:03.961 --> 00:36:06.964
[Jes] She’s pregnant now?
You don’t wanna get her spayed?

770
00:36:08.966 --> 00:36:10.434
[Jes]
OK, you wanna wait ’til after?

771
00:36:11.936 --> 00:36:13.871
[Jes]
OK, how far along is she?

772
00:36:16.941 --> 00:36:18.242
[Jes] Ay.
[Dog barking]

773
00:36:18.576 --> 00:36:19.844
[Jes]
You just have the one other cat?

774
00:36:20.745 --> 00:36:21.612
[Jes] OK.

775
00:36:23.281 --> 00:36:26.384
[Jes] Well, soon-to-be babies,
right? OK.

776
00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:30.488
[Jes]
Well, where are those babies?

777
00:36:31.856 --> 00:36:32.890
What’s your plan for 'em?

778
00:36:33.124 --> 00:36:34.125
You wanna keep ’em,

779
00:36:34.158 --> 00:36:35.793
or you want us to find
somewhere for them to go?

780
00:36:37.662 --> 00:36:38.296
How many?

781
00:36:39.864 --> 00:36:43.701
You’re—OK,
so you’re gonna have three,

782
00:36:45.336 --> 00:36:47.705
seven cats,
plus the babies on the way?

783
00:36:48.506 --> 00:36:50.841
Well, the thing is if, I mean,
if they’re kittens,

784
00:36:51.175 --> 00:36:52.977
it’s easy enough
to find them homes.

785
00:36:53.177 --> 00:36:53.644
Yeah.

786
00:36:54.345 --> 00:36:54.579
[Jes] Especially, you’re
gonna have a whole nother

787
00:36:54.879 --> 00:36:56.614
litter of kittens.

788
00:37:00.484 --> 00:37:01.319
Who’s “her”? Your wife?

789
00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:01.986
Yeah.

790
00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.954
Where’s she at?

791
00:37:04.889 --> 00:37:07.258
Ah. When’s she get out?

792
00:37:09.026 --> 00:37:10.328
That’s a long time.

793
00:37:12.430 --> 00:37:13.698
How old...

794
00:37:13.731 --> 00:37:16.334
See the kittens are gonna—you
talk to her when you see her.

795
00:37:16.867 --> 00:37:19.937
And the person who brings these
cats tomorrow will ask you.

796
00:37:20.237 --> 00:37:22.640
It’s just if you're
about to have more kittens,

797
00:37:23.507 --> 00:37:24.542
that’s a lot of kittens.

798
00:37:24.742 --> 00:37:25.443
Yep.

799
00:37:25.843 --> 00:37:28.479
[Somber music fades in]
[Dogs barking]

800
00:37:33.818 --> 00:37:34.418
[Daphna]
Well, there’s a tremendous

801
00:37:34.952 --> 00:37:37.655
overpopulation and homelessness
problem for animals,

802
00:37:37.922 --> 00:37:40.057
and there has been for many,
many years.

803
00:37:40.358 --> 00:37:42.793
It’s still a crisis,
but over the years,

804
00:37:43.027 --> 00:37:44.629
due to spay/neuter efforts,

805
00:37:44.996 --> 00:37:47.765
the number of animals
affected has diminished

806
00:37:47.999 --> 00:37:49.400
but is still astronomical.

807
00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:52.403
So the estimate is that more
than six million animals

808
00:37:52.670 --> 00:37:54.505
go into animal
shelters every year.

809
00:37:55.006 --> 00:37:56.974
And roughly half of those
have to be euthanized

810
00:37:57.274 --> 00:38:00.444
because there is not a good
home out there for them.

811
00:38:00.845 --> 00:38:02.513
So this is a national epidemic.

812
00:38:02.913 --> 00:38:05.783
Every single community has
an overpopulation crisis.

813
00:38:06.017 --> 00:38:08.819
By virtue of affluence and laws,

814
00:38:09.120 --> 00:38:13.491
some communities’ problems may
be less significant than others.

815
00:38:13.924 --> 00:38:15.826
The area where we
happen to be located,

816
00:38:16.093 --> 00:38:18.362
the problem is very pervasive,

817
00:38:18.729 --> 00:38:19.964
and there are studies
that show that

818
00:38:20.264 --> 00:38:23.567
animals in low-income areas
are more likely to reproduce.

819
00:38:23.934 --> 00:38:26.070
And that’s why our
clinics focus so heavily

820
00:38:26.437 --> 00:38:28.873
on low-income areas
and indigent populations,

821
00:38:29.640 --> 00:38:30.474
the elderly poor,

822
00:38:30.741 --> 00:38:31.976
so that animals who
would otherwise

823
00:38:32.343 --> 00:38:35.012
have no services get
services from us.

824
00:38:35.346 --> 00:38:37.481
But the overpopulation
and homelessness problem

825
00:38:37.715 --> 00:38:38.949
remains an epidemic,

826
00:38:39.250 --> 00:38:44.555
and that is the reason why PETA
advocates always adopting,

827
00:38:44.855 --> 00:38:48.693
never buying, banning
breeding of dogs and cats,

828
00:38:48.926 --> 00:38:50.561
mandating spay/neuter,

829
00:38:50.861 --> 00:38:51.862
because there are
animals literally

830
00:38:52.129 --> 00:38:54.098
dying for homes
in animal shelters

831
00:38:54.398 --> 00:38:57.501
because people are still buying
and people are still breeding.

832
00:38:57.802 --> 00:39:00.471
[Dog barking and growling]

833
00:39:00.738 --> 00:39:02.540
[Katina]
Animal overpopulation happens

834
00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:05.576
because people don’t spay
and neuter their animals.

835
00:39:05.976 --> 00:39:09.013
And, like, for cats,
they just let them roam outside,

836
00:39:09.246 --> 00:39:12.016
reproduce, and keep on roamin’.

837
00:39:12.516 --> 00:39:14.118
[Guardian]
He was mad at me for a while.

838
00:39:14.385 --> 00:39:16.454
[Heather]
[Laughs] For the neuter?

839
00:39:16.754 --> 00:39:17.988
[Kate] It’s better
for him long-term though.

840
00:39:18.255 --> 00:39:18.856
[Guardian]
Yeah. I know it is.

841
00:39:19.323 --> 00:39:19.857
[Heather] But it’s hard
to explain that to him.

842
00:39:20.558 --> 00:39:22.526
[Guardian] We probably shoulda
got rid of mine years ago.

843
00:39:22.727 --> 00:39:23.761
[Laughter]

844
00:39:24.028 --> 00:39:25.796
We make it really
easy for people

845
00:39:26.030 --> 00:39:27.098
to spay and neuter their animals

846
00:39:27.398 --> 00:39:30.601
because not only will we
offer the service for free

847
00:39:30.935 --> 00:39:33.671
but we will go to their house
and pick up their animals,

848
00:39:33.904 --> 00:39:34.505
bring them to the clinic,

849
00:39:35.072 --> 00:39:36.974
have them spayed and neutered,
and return them home.

850
00:39:37.274 --> 00:39:39.510
You don’t have to do anything.
You don’t have to go anywhere.

851
00:39:39.744 --> 00:39:40.211
You don’t have to get up.

852
00:39:40.644 --> 00:39:41.879
All you have to do
is sign this form.

853
00:39:42.179 --> 00:39:43.681
Bam, poof, it’s done for you.

854
00:39:43.914 --> 00:39:45.950
[Upbeat music starts]

855
00:39:46.417 --> 00:39:49.754
[Daphna] Welcome to PETA’s
first-ever 24-hour Spayathon.

856
00:39:50.121 --> 00:39:52.523
We’ve been here
since 5:00 p.m. last night.

857
00:39:52.823 --> 00:39:54.892
We’ve had hundreds
and hundreds and hundreds

858
00:39:55.126 --> 00:39:56.627
of dogs and cats show up.

859
00:39:56.894 --> 00:39:58.095
People are really
taking advantage

860
00:39:58.362 --> 00:40:00.664
of the 25 dollar
24-hour Spayathon,

861
00:40:00.965 --> 00:40:03.167
which is amazing because one
of our vets told me that

862
00:40:03.634 --> 00:40:06.904
at least 60% of the animals
she’s seeing she can tell

863
00:40:07.338 --> 00:40:09.173
would have not been done
had we not done this special.

864
00:40:09.473 --> 00:40:12.476
We have waves and waves
and waves of activity coming.

865
00:40:12.843 --> 00:40:14.812
We had one at 5:00 p.m.,
one at 9:00 p.m.,

866
00:40:15.112 --> 00:40:17.214
one at 1:00 a.m.,
and one at six in the morning.

867
00:40:17.448 --> 00:40:18.916
And then our 9:00 a.m. check-in.

868
00:40:19.183 --> 00:40:21.552
[Guardian]
I have a German shepherd.

869
00:40:21.786 --> 00:40:23.053
She’s gonna be two in April.

870
00:40:23.487 --> 00:40:26.924
She’s 77, 78 pounds,

871
00:40:27.258 --> 00:40:28.092
and if I would have had
to take her to the vet,

872
00:40:28.392 --> 00:40:28.826
it would have been, like,

873
00:40:29.527 --> 00:40:32.663
$200 and something or above,
so it is appreciated.

874
00:40:32.963 --> 00:40:36.901
Lori-Jo, our clinics’ manager,
has been here the whole time.

875
00:40:37.334 --> 00:40:39.470
She hasn’t sat.
She hasn’t taken a break.

876
00:40:39.904 --> 00:40:43.674
We spayed and neutered over 400
animals in that amount of time.

877
00:40:44.175 --> 00:40:47.211
It was something that probably
has never been done before,

878
00:40:47.444 --> 00:40:49.079
but it was a good experience.

879
00:40:49.747 --> 00:40:51.048
[Daphna]
In many cases when an animal

880
00:40:51.315 --> 00:40:52.616
is matted
or needs grooming,

881
00:40:52.850 --> 00:40:54.018
we will shave them down.

882
00:40:54.285 --> 00:40:55.920
We trim their nails.
We look at them.

883
00:40:56.220 --> 00:40:58.489
A lot of the animals we
see in the field have issues

884
00:40:58.789 --> 00:41:00.090
that our clinic can help treat.

885
00:41:00.491 --> 00:41:03.127
We just amputated
the leg of a dog who

886
00:41:03.427 --> 00:41:06.697
was thrown off the balcony
by a child to another child

887
00:41:06.964 --> 00:41:08.132
who said she could
catch the dog,

888
00:41:08.365 --> 00:41:10.568
and she didn’t catch the dog.

889
00:41:10.868 --> 00:41:13.137
And the dog’s wrist
just clean broke.

890
00:41:13.437 --> 00:41:14.905
And the vet
recommended amputation.

891
00:41:15.206 --> 00:41:17.708
And our vet amputated
the dog’s leg on our clinic.

892
00:41:18.008 --> 00:41:20.277
So our clinic is a
spay/neuter clinic,

893
00:41:20.578 --> 00:41:23.681
but we’re also able to do some
other limited things that

894
00:41:24.114 --> 00:41:26.083
help the community
and help animals.

895
00:41:34.825 --> 00:41:39.797
[Upbeat music fades out]
[Cars passing by]

896
00:41:47.204 --> 00:41:49.840
[Water pouring]
[Van door closing]

897
00:41:55.913 --> 00:41:57.681
[Daphna]
Watch. She’ll figure this out.

898
00:41:59.817 --> 00:42:00.684
[Rachel] Yeah.

899
00:42:01.952 --> 00:42:03.254
[Daphna] Give her a
little excitement later.

900
00:42:08.392 --> 00:42:13.030
[Dog drinking water]

901
00:42:23.307 --> 00:42:24.241
[Daphna] It’s a picnic.

902
00:42:24.541 --> 00:42:25.876
[Manfred]
I cannot decide to play or...

903
00:42:26.143 --> 00:42:27.211
[Daphna]
I don’t know what to do first.

904
00:42:27.544 --> 00:42:29.647
All right,
let’s look at this situation.

905
00:42:38.155 --> 00:42:40.224
Oof. Not standing
in a good place there.

906
00:42:40.457 --> 00:42:41.358
[Manfred] Mm-hmm.

907
00:42:42.192 --> 00:42:42.893
He’s so decomposed.

908
00:42:43.327 --> 00:42:45.195
Entomologists can usually
tell the kind, you know,

909
00:42:45.462 --> 00:42:47.164
the age of the
insects and things.

910
00:42:47.598 --> 00:42:49.333
That’s why I wanted
to find this man at home

911
00:42:49.633 --> 00:42:51.335
so that we could ask
him some questions,

912
00:42:51.635 --> 00:42:53.938
and if he doesn’t
want the other dog,

913
00:42:54.605 --> 00:42:56.640
I don’t want her
to suffer the same fate.

914
00:42:58.042 --> 00:42:58.909
[Chris]
The major problem is

915
00:42:59.510 --> 00:43:01.979
people have animals
that they can’t take care of.

916
00:43:02.379 --> 00:43:04.315
They don’t care for them.
They don’t feed them.

917
00:43:04.615 --> 00:43:07.051
They chain their dogs
out like a yard ornament.

918
00:43:07.318 --> 00:43:09.920
Any being being
chained out 24/7,

919
00:43:10.287 --> 00:43:12.856
left to die—I think
that’s the worst thing.

920
00:43:13.090 --> 00:43:15.192
[Flies buzzing]

921
00:43:16.760 --> 00:43:19.163
[Puppies whimpering]

922
00:43:26.804 --> 00:43:28.238
[Somber music fades out]

923
00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:31.275
[Daphna] One very unique service
that PETA offers in this area

924
00:43:31.575 --> 00:43:33.344
is that we always have
two people on call.

925
00:43:33.777 --> 00:43:37.014
24 hours a day,
365 days a year,

926
00:43:37.281 --> 00:43:38.749
if an animal needs help,
we’re here.

927
00:43:39.049 --> 00:43:41.785
One of the people on call is a
certified euthanasia technician

928
00:43:42.219 --> 00:43:44.188
because we do get
calls after hours

929
00:43:44.488 --> 00:43:48.025
about actively suffering animals
whose misery needs to be ended

930
00:43:48.325 --> 00:43:49.360
as soon as possible.

931
00:43:49.660 --> 00:43:52.830
That can be an end of life
for a companion animal.

932
00:43:53.197 --> 00:43:56.667
It can be a rabbit or a raccoon
who had been hit by a car.

933
00:43:56.967 --> 00:43:59.903
In December, we got a
pager call at ten o’clock

934
00:44:00.204 --> 00:44:01.872
from a very nice
lady in Suffolk,

935
00:44:02.106 --> 00:44:03.807
which is a couple towns away,

936
00:44:04.274 --> 00:44:05.676
and that woman had called
the police department,

937
00:44:05.976 --> 00:44:07.878
animal control,
and was told to call back

938
00:44:08.212 --> 00:44:09.813
the following day at 11:00 a.m.

939
00:44:10.381 --> 00:44:12.049
And what she was
calling about was a dog

940
00:44:12.282 --> 00:44:13.784
who was confined to a pen,

941
00:44:14.251 --> 00:44:17.788
who was paralyzed probably
by virtue of having very,

942
00:44:18.055 --> 00:44:19.423
very advanced heartworm disease.

943
00:44:19.723 --> 00:44:22.426
And what happens with congestive
heart failure is that

944
00:44:22.793 --> 00:44:24.762
the belly fills with fluid,

945
00:44:25.095 --> 00:44:27.297
and this dog’s belly was
so filled with fluid

946
00:44:27.598 --> 00:44:31.835
and so distended that he didn’t
have the strength to stand,

947
00:44:32.069 --> 00:44:33.370
and it was pouring rain.

948
00:44:33.771 --> 00:44:36.940
I was on call
with another CAP staffer

949
00:44:37.408 --> 00:44:39.410
and we drove out there
around 10 o’clock at night,

950
00:44:39.877 --> 00:44:41.912
and this poor dog was in a pen.

951
00:44:42.246 --> 00:44:44.314
He was trapped in a hole

952
00:44:44.681 --> 00:44:47.184
that I have no doubt he dug
for himself over the summer

953
00:44:47.418 --> 00:44:48.952
when he was trying to stay cool.

954
00:44:49.253 --> 00:44:52.389
Dogs dig holes to sort of be
against the cool earth.

955
00:44:52.689 --> 00:44:55.359
It was pouring rain, so the
hole was filled with water.

956
00:44:55.726 --> 00:44:59.930
And so he had been sitting like
that for probably a day or two,

957
00:45:00.264 --> 00:45:01.498
according to the caller,

958
00:45:01.765 --> 00:45:03.801
and he couldn’t get
to the doghouse.

959
00:45:04.034 --> 00:45:04.768
He couldn’t get to the food.

960
00:45:05.135 --> 00:45:07.738
The food he had was
like little pieces of sponge

961
00:45:07.971 --> 00:45:09.306
because it was all soaking wet.

962
00:45:09.606 --> 00:45:12.042
And he couldn’t do anything
but just sit there and

963
00:45:12.276 --> 00:45:13.110
wait for something.

964
00:45:13.444 --> 00:45:16.747
And the police department
was going to let him wait,

965
00:45:17.147 --> 00:45:19.516
you know, another 14, 15 hours.

966
00:45:19.983 --> 00:45:21.418
And he might not have made it.

967
00:45:21.785 --> 00:45:22.352
And so we went out there,

968
00:45:23.053 --> 00:45:26.323
and we were able to carefully
pick him up out of the hole,

969
00:45:26.657 --> 00:45:27.791
put him on a stretcher,

970
00:45:28.092 --> 00:45:29.526
and drag the stretcher
to our vehicle,

971
00:45:29.860 --> 00:45:34.064
put him in the vehicle,
dry him ’cause he was soaking,

972
00:45:34.398 --> 00:45:35.532
and give him something to eat.

973
00:45:35.833 --> 00:45:38.769
And had to explain to the
guardian in the home,

974
00:45:39.036 --> 00:45:40.437
who was
developmentally disabled,

975
00:45:40.871 --> 00:45:43.841
that the dog was suffering
and needed to be euthanized.

976
00:45:44.141 --> 00:45:46.009
And our emergency pager system

977
00:45:46.310 --> 00:45:47.945
prevented this dog
from suffering

978
00:45:48.178 --> 00:45:50.080
for an extra 15 hours.

979
00:45:54.618 --> 00:45:58.522
We were paged by someone who
had given a dog to somebody else

980
00:45:58.789 --> 00:46:00.224
and then went
to check on that dog,

981
00:46:00.491 --> 00:46:02.493
and the dog was
essentially abandoned

982
00:46:02.793 --> 00:46:05.095
but also had a collar
grown into his neck.

983
00:46:05.429 --> 00:46:06.797
And so two of our
folks went out,

984
00:46:07.097 --> 00:46:08.165
and they were able
to get the dog and

985
00:46:08.432 --> 00:46:10.067
take him to the
emergency vet clinic.

986
00:46:10.334 --> 00:46:11.568
His collar was very
deeply embedded,

987
00:46:11.869 --> 00:46:14.438
and he needed to have
it surgically removed.

988
00:46:14.705 --> 00:46:16.140
And he was just
a sort of a puppy.

989
00:46:16.406 --> 00:46:18.142
I mean,
the collar had been left on him,

990
00:46:18.442 --> 00:46:21.478
and then he was allowed to grow
around the collar essentially.

991
00:46:21.812 --> 00:46:24.248
[Slow-paced music starts]
But his spirit was unbroken.

992
00:46:24.481 --> 00:46:24.982
He was a great dog.

993
00:46:25.315 --> 00:46:26.917
We were able
to get him fostered,

994
00:46:27.151 --> 00:46:28.552
and then he found a home.

995
00:46:28.852 --> 00:46:31.555
And that was really wonderful
to see him go from

996
00:46:31.889 --> 00:46:35.959
the hell that he was in to just
being very, very loved.

997
00:46:37.227 --> 00:46:39.296
[Emily] The most exciting
part about the job

998
00:46:39.530 --> 00:46:41.565
is seeing the before-and-afters.

999
00:46:41.865 --> 00:46:45.269
When we take an animal in,
they usually come to us.

1000
00:46:45.602 --> 00:46:49.439
They’re skinny or emaciated.
They’re scared. They’re hungry.

1001
00:46:49.706 --> 00:46:52.176
They don’t know
kindness in people yet,

1002
00:46:52.442 --> 00:46:53.043
and over time,
I mean,

1003
00:46:53.577 --> 00:46:55.412
even after they’re with us
just a couple of days,

1004
00:46:55.712 --> 00:46:58.015
their personality really
starts to come out.

1005
00:46:58.248 --> 00:46:59.583
We may have given them a bath,

1006
00:46:59.883 --> 00:47:01.485
or they’ve put on a
little bit of weight.

1007
00:47:01.718 --> 00:47:03.554
Just knowing how scared and,

1008
00:47:03.854 --> 00:47:06.223
you know, maybe unsocial they
were when we first took ’em in

1009
00:47:06.456 --> 00:47:07.991
and then seeing them in their

1010
00:47:08.325 --> 00:47:11.628
new homes months later where
you wouldn’t even recognize

1011
00:47:11.929 --> 00:47:13.864
them from both their
physical appearance

1012
00:47:14.231 --> 00:47:15.232
and their personality.

1013
00:47:15.532 --> 00:47:17.100
And you know,
they’ve gone from being

1014
00:47:17.401 --> 00:47:19.903
chained in someone’s backyard
where they’re just forgotten

1015
00:47:20.170 --> 00:47:21.905
to sleeping on a couch,
you know,

1016
00:47:22.206 --> 00:47:24.441
and getting Christmas presents
under the tree and just having

1017
00:47:24.675 --> 00:47:27.110
their lives totally transformed.

1018
00:47:29.146 --> 00:47:31.882
[Slow-paced music fades out]

1019
00:47:35.986 --> 00:47:36.653
It’s OK.

1020
00:47:37.054 --> 00:47:39.056
I know you’re very worried,
but it’s OK.

1021
00:47:39.623 --> 00:47:43.293
[Rachel] Come on.
Come on, girl. Good girl.

1022
00:47:46.964 --> 00:47:49.566
[Daphna] We tried to get her
owner to let us have her

1023
00:47:49.800 --> 00:47:51.368
on every single visit.

1024
00:47:51.735 --> 00:47:53.904
You know, we can’t make
people do the right thing,

1025
00:47:54.204 --> 00:47:56.940
and the only reason that we got
her in the end is because of her

1026
00:47:57.241 --> 00:48:00.143
health issues and because she
was very clearly at that point

1027
00:48:00.377 --> 00:48:02.045
practically a cruelty case.

1028
00:48:03.547 --> 00:48:04.181
[Rachel]
Oh, she’s pooping.

1029
00:48:04.581 --> 00:48:07.684
Oh, she is? Oh,
right on the blanket. Oh, well.

1030
00:48:08.485 --> 00:48:10.020
Aww, poor baby.

1031
00:48:10.554 --> 00:48:13.090
[Rachel] That water went
right through her, didn’t it?

1032
00:48:13.657 --> 00:48:15.259
[Rachel] Yeah. [Chuckling]

1033
00:48:15.826 --> 00:48:17.060
[Daphna]
Poor thing.

1034
00:48:17.494 --> 00:48:20.130
Well, you know, at least
she did it on the floor.

1035
00:48:20.764 --> 00:48:22.499
I’ll just fold it up.
[Indiscernible]

1036
00:48:23.066 --> 00:48:25.068
[Zena crunching food]

1037
00:48:26.703 --> 00:48:29.273
[Dogs barking in the background]

1038
00:48:33.744 --> 00:48:35.178
[Daphna] There’s a
serious misconception

1039
00:48:35.412 --> 00:48:36.680
with the term “no-kill.”

1040
00:48:37.047 --> 00:48:37.648
There are some shelters that

1041
00:48:37.981 --> 00:48:39.416
perhaps call
themselves “no-kill.”

1042
00:48:39.716 --> 00:48:41.485
I think there are
also shelters that

1043
00:48:41.918 --> 00:48:44.354
practice what would be
considered “no-kill” policies

1044
00:48:44.655 --> 00:48:47.357
but may not be straight-up
“no-kill” shelters.

1045
00:48:47.658 --> 00:48:51.261
The term itself is very
appealing to everyone,

1046
00:48:51.628 --> 00:48:52.696
for good reason,

1047
00:48:52.729 --> 00:48:55.732
because nobody wants
to have to euthanize animals.

1048
00:48:56.133 --> 00:48:59.569
The problem with so-called
“no-kill” policies is that

1049
00:49:00.070 --> 00:49:02.172
they cause animals to suffer.

1050
00:49:02.606 --> 00:49:05.108
That’s the short answer.
How do they do that?

1051
00:49:05.442 --> 00:49:07.678
The animals are out there,
and they need help.

1052
00:49:08.078 --> 00:49:10.547
Shelters are under
so much pressure

1053
00:49:10.847 --> 00:49:14.284
by usually small
but very vocal people

1054
00:49:14.751 --> 00:49:17.487
who are opposed to euthanasia
under any circumstance

1055
00:49:17.788 --> 00:49:21.625
and target shelters for having
to practice euthanasia.

1056
00:49:21.992 --> 00:49:24.061
So what they do is
they pressure shelters to

1057
00:49:24.361 --> 00:49:28.165
change their admission policies
so that animals who would have

1058
00:49:28.465 --> 00:49:32.169
to be euthanized under normal
circumstances are turned away.

1059
00:49:32.402 --> 00:49:34.771
[Light music fades in]

1060
00:49:36.707 --> 00:49:37.574
[Investigator] OK.

1061
00:50:28.859 --> 00:50:31.228
The intake rate drops,

1062
00:50:31.461 --> 00:50:34.531
and by the intake rate
dropping or changing,

1063
00:50:34.931 --> 00:50:37.167
the euthanasia rate also drops.

1064
00:50:37.534 --> 00:50:41.238
PETA could only take
in animals who are placeable,

1065
00:50:41.671 --> 00:50:44.641
and then our what’s called
a “save rate,” if you will,

1066
00:50:44.975 --> 00:50:46.243
would be 100%.

1067
00:50:46.476 --> 00:50:47.344
That would be very easy.

1068
00:50:47.711 --> 00:50:50.280
But that would mean that we
would have to turn our back

1069
00:50:50.714 --> 00:50:52.149
on all the feral cats

1070
00:50:52.482 --> 00:50:53.817
that people perceive
as a nuisance

1071
00:50:54.050 --> 00:50:56.286
and put poison out or shoot at.

1072
00:50:56.686 --> 00:51:00.190
That we would have to turn our
back on all the aggressive dogs

1073
00:51:00.524 --> 00:51:01.224
who have gone mad

1074
00:51:01.825 --> 00:51:04.227
from being trapped at the end
of a chain their entire lives.

1075
00:51:04.528 --> 00:51:07.164
It would mean we’d have to turn
our back on the destitute people

1076
00:51:07.431 --> 00:51:08.865
who bring us animals
in their arms

1077
00:51:09.199 --> 00:51:11.234
who are suffering who
need to be euthanized.

1078
00:51:11.668 --> 00:51:13.870
Because all of those
things contribute to

1079
00:51:14.137 --> 00:51:15.839
what ends up being
our statistics.

1080
00:51:16.139 --> 00:51:19.776
Our statistics reflect who we
take in and who we help.

1081
00:51:20.277 --> 00:51:23.613
[Guardian] About 17 years ago,
I saved a dog,

1082
00:51:24.014 --> 00:51:25.849
a wild dog,
that was on the street.

1083
00:51:26.483 --> 00:51:30.120
I took her in and took
care of her best I could.

1084
00:51:30.754 --> 00:51:34.157
And old age has
caught up to her,

1085
00:51:34.491 --> 00:51:37.894
and I decided it was
the humane thing to do

1086
00:51:38.195 --> 00:51:40.330
is to have her euthanized.

1087
00:51:41.064 --> 00:51:45.335
I’m glad they’re around.
I really appreciate it.

1088
00:51:45.769 --> 00:51:47.137
[Daphna]
The problem with “no-kill”

1089
00:51:47.370 --> 00:51:48.538
is that it’s just a shell game.

1090
00:51:48.805 --> 00:51:50.807
[Katina]
They pick and choose who comes,

1091
00:51:51.041 --> 00:51:51.675
who doesn’t come.

1092
00:51:52.108 --> 00:51:54.377
People get really frustrated
when their animal

1093
00:51:54.678 --> 00:51:56.780
isn’t accepted
into a “no-kill” shelter.

1094
00:51:57.047 --> 00:51:58.548
They’re put
out into the streets.

1095
00:51:58.849 --> 00:52:01.418
They’re given just
willy-nilly to anybody.

1096
00:52:01.685 --> 00:52:03.386
[Daphna]
It leaves animals abandoned,

1097
00:52:03.653 --> 00:52:05.255
to fend for themselves
very often.

1098
00:52:05.522 --> 00:52:07.791
It also is very
dangerous in that it

1099
00:52:08.091 --> 00:52:10.794
misleads the
public into believing

1100
00:52:11.027 --> 00:52:12.796
that “no-kill” is possible.

1101
00:52:14.764 --> 00:52:15.899
In Virginia last year,

1102
00:52:16.266 --> 00:52:19.836
there were more than 230,000
animals who went into shelters,

1103
00:52:20.136 --> 00:52:21.271
public and private.

1104
00:52:21.505 --> 00:52:22.172
That’s the problem.

1105
00:52:22.839 --> 00:52:26.443
The problem isn’t how many of
those 230,000 were euthanized.

1106
00:52:26.676 --> 00:52:28.845
The problem is that 230,000 were

1107
00:52:29.112 --> 00:52:31.314
unwanted or homeless
to begin with.

1108
00:52:31.715 --> 00:52:32.816
That’s where the
focus has to be,

1109
00:52:33.116 --> 00:52:35.218
and that’s why we have
four spay/neuter clinics.

1110
00:52:35.552 --> 00:52:36.319
[Lori-Jo]
Spaying and neutering

1111
00:52:36.720 --> 00:52:39.456
gets to the root of the problem
of animal homelessness.

1112
00:52:39.956 --> 00:52:42.192
There are so many
born every year

1113
00:52:42.626 --> 00:52:44.861
and end up in shelters
or no place to go.

1114
00:52:45.161 --> 00:52:46.596
So spaying and neutering
prevents those

1115
00:52:46.897 --> 00:52:48.798
animals from being
born in the first place.

1116
00:52:49.132 --> 00:52:51.368
So when you mislead
the public into thinking,

1117
00:52:51.735 --> 00:52:53.503
well, look,
this shelter is “no-kill”

1118
00:52:53.937 --> 00:52:57.674
and you compare that shelter’s
rate to PETA’s rate of intake,

1119
00:52:57.974 --> 00:53:00.577
adoption, euthanasia,
transfer, what-have-you,

1120
00:53:00.877 --> 00:53:02.846
of course, the percentages
are gonna look different.

1121
00:53:03.146 --> 00:53:04.848
One shelter only
takes animals that

1122
00:53:05.348 --> 00:53:07.851
fly out the door because they’re
puppy-mill rescues

1123
00:53:08.151 --> 00:53:10.654
or they’re small purebreds
or they’re kittens or puppies,

1124
00:53:11.054 --> 00:53:14.658
and one shelter is taking
in animals who are not adoptable

1125
00:53:14.958 --> 00:53:18.428
and is making the difficult
decision to euthanize them.

1126
00:53:18.728 --> 00:53:20.830
[Chris] Well, I think a lot
of people that are against

1127
00:53:21.064 --> 00:53:21.565
euthanizing animals,

1128
00:53:22.032 --> 00:53:23.800
especially the animals
that we euthanize,

1129
00:53:24.234 --> 00:53:26.369
they don’t see what
we do on a daily basis.

1130
00:53:26.670 --> 00:53:28.505
They don’t see where
the animals come from.

1131
00:53:28.805 --> 00:53:31.775
The animals that we pull out
that do end up being euthanized,

1132
00:53:32.008 --> 00:53:32.909
they’re in really bad shape.

1133
00:53:33.209 --> 00:53:34.244
The owners have

1134
00:53:34.277 --> 00:53:35.812
basically had them chained
out their whole lives.

1135
00:53:36.046 --> 00:53:36.479
They’ve been in fights.

1136
00:53:37.080 --> 00:53:39.549
They have infections all
over them, bite wounds.

1137
00:53:39.883 --> 00:53:42.352
I get emotional, but really
when we euthanize an animal,

1138
00:53:42.586 --> 00:53:43.420
it’s for the best for them.

1139
00:53:43.887 --> 00:53:45.355
Most of the time, they’re in a
lot of pain or suffering,

1140
00:53:45.622 --> 00:53:46.823
or they’re chained
out all the time

1141
00:53:47.157 --> 00:53:48.592
and have had the
worst life ever.

1142
00:53:48.892 --> 00:53:51.428
So these animals aren’t going
to be going through this

1143
00:53:51.728 --> 00:53:53.296
pain and suffering anymore.

1144
00:53:53.563 --> 00:53:54.297
We love every
single one of them,

1145
00:53:54.864 --> 00:53:56.833
and just having the opportunity
to be with them in their last

1146
00:53:57.067 --> 00:53:58.435
moments is an honor.

1147
00:53:58.735 --> 00:54:01.037
[Soft music fades out]
[Somber music fades in]

1148
00:54:01.338 --> 00:54:03.440
[Daphna] You know, if you look
at Zena inside and out,

1149
00:54:03.707 --> 00:54:06.409
everything about her
showed neglect.

1150
00:54:06.710 --> 00:54:09.713
She had lost a bunch of hair.
Her skin was inflamed.

1151
00:54:10.013 --> 00:54:11.881
Her teeth were worn
down to the roots.

1152
00:54:12.182 --> 00:54:16.319
She was anxiety-ridden. She was
terrified of human beings.

1153
00:54:16.620 --> 00:54:19.856
Her insides were chewed
through by parasites.

1154
00:54:20.156 --> 00:54:22.859
This is what happens to dogs
who are chronically neglected

1155
00:54:23.126 --> 00:54:25.462
when they are
kept outdoors 24/7.

1156
00:54:25.829 --> 00:54:28.632
And this is why our program is
so important because it serves

1157
00:54:28.932 --> 00:54:32.769
these dogs whose owners are
unkind or neglectful or ignorant

1158
00:54:33.136 --> 00:54:35.639
and can’t even tell
when their animals need basic

1159
00:54:35.872 --> 00:54:37.073
necessities of life.

1160
00:54:37.774 --> 00:54:41.077
I’m thankful
that she got to experience

1161
00:54:41.411 --> 00:54:42.078
a little bit of kindness,

1162
00:54:42.412 --> 00:54:44.848
even if she didn’t
quite understand it

1163
00:54:45.248 --> 00:54:47.384
before she moved on.

1164
00:55:01.831 --> 00:55:03.933
[Somber music fades out]
[Uplifting music fades in]

1165
00:55:04.567 --> 00:55:07.837
Never ever,
ever buy an animal anywhere.

1166
00:55:08.138 --> 00:55:09.906
Don’t buy an animal
from a pet store.

1167
00:55:10.206 --> 00:55:11.541
Don’t buy an animal
from a breeder.

1168
00:55:11.841 --> 00:55:14.477
If you are ready to make that
commitment to an animal,

1169
00:55:14.844 --> 00:55:16.980
it’s so easy to adopt these
days. You just go online.

1170
00:55:17.280 --> 00:55:18.615
You don’t even have
to go to the shelter,

1171
00:55:18.915 --> 00:55:20.884
although we certainly
encourage people to do so.

1172
00:55:21.117 --> 00:55:23.086
So never buy—always adopt.

1173
00:55:23.453 --> 00:55:26.556
Always spay or neuter. You know,
don’t wait. Don’t delay.

1174
00:55:26.856 --> 00:55:28.391
It’s not just the
right thing to do

1175
00:55:28.692 --> 00:55:30.694
for all dogs and cats because of

1176
00:55:30.927 --> 00:55:32.429
overpopulation and homelessness,

1177
00:55:32.829 --> 00:55:34.397
it’s also the best
thing to do for that

1178
00:55:34.698 --> 00:55:36.933
particular animal
from a health perspective.

1179
00:55:37.634 --> 00:55:39.469
If you see something,
say something.

1180
00:55:40.070 --> 00:55:41.971
If there is an animal
at the end of a chain,

1181
00:55:42.405 --> 00:55:45.942
if there is an animal in a pen,
if something doesn’t seem right,

1182
00:55:46.176 --> 00:55:47.477
you don’t have anything to lose.

1183
00:55:47.777 --> 00:55:48.378
Call local authorities,

1184
00:55:48.712 --> 00:55:49.345
and if you don’t
get action there,

1185
00:55:49.713 --> 00:55:52.449
call us, and we will do
our very best to help.

1186
00:55:52.749 --> 00:55:55.085
But never be silent.
Pick up that phone.

1187
00:55:55.318 --> 00:55:55.785
Go on the computer.

1188
00:55:56.352 --> 00:55:58.388
You can report things
anonymously to almost

1189
00:55:58.621 --> 00:55:59.589
every organization.

1190
00:56:00.123 --> 00:56:02.125
Don’t think that somebody
else is doing the right thing,

1191
00:56:02.425 --> 00:56:04.694
because a lot of people
are afraid to get involved.

1192
00:56:05.462 --> 00:56:07.063
PETA’s an animal
rights organization.

1193
00:56:07.363 --> 00:56:10.433
We did not move down to the
Norfolk/Hampton Roads area

1194
00:56:10.667 --> 00:56:12.502
to do sheltering or fieldwork.

1195
00:56:13.069 --> 00:56:15.138
We would be thrilled
if we didn’t have to do it.

1196
00:56:15.438 --> 00:56:18.575
We do it by necessity.
We do it because we have to.

1197
00:56:18.975 --> 00:56:21.644
And I think
that if people are perplexed

1198
00:56:21.945 --> 00:56:25.582
as to why we do what we do
and about why we euthanize,

1199
00:56:25.882 --> 00:56:28.518
because I understand, you know,
euthanasia is upsetting.

1200
00:56:28.785 --> 00:56:30.920
It’s upsetting
that it has to happen.

1201
00:56:31.287 --> 00:56:34.724
The people who criticize us are
not the people that we help.

1202
00:56:35.125 --> 00:56:36.626
If you went in the field with

1203
00:56:36.893 --> 00:56:39.028
any of the folks on our staff,

1204
00:56:39.462 --> 00:56:40.930
the reception we
get in the field,

1205
00:56:41.231 --> 00:56:43.199
with few exceptions,
like anything else,

1206
00:56:43.500 --> 00:56:46.803
is, you know, hugs and
thank-yous. You know, yesterday

1207
00:56:47.103 --> 00:56:48.805
I came home with a bag
of cucumbers [laughs]

1208
00:56:48.838 --> 00:56:50.106
the other day.

1209
00:56:50.140 --> 00:56:50.940
You know,
people are appreciative,

1210
00:56:51.274 --> 00:56:54.210
and they give us thanks the
best way they know how.

1211
00:56:54.477 --> 00:56:56.045
And we are dealing
with people who

1212
00:56:56.312 --> 00:56:57.981
struggle to put
food on the table.

1213
00:57:03.186 --> 00:57:04.554
[Laughing]
Mm-hmm. That’s right.

1214
00:57:10.293 --> 00:57:11.227
[Heather] Beautiful babies.

1215
00:57:11.261 --> 00:57:12.128
[Heather and Katina laughing]

1216
00:57:13.563 --> 00:57:14.764
[Daphna]
This is a national issue.

1217
00:57:15.064 --> 00:57:18.134
PETA is used by advocates
of “no-kill” because

1218
00:57:18.368 --> 00:57:19.202
we’re well known.

1219
00:57:19.736 --> 00:57:21.805
But we are always
going to do what’s right

1220
00:57:22.038 --> 00:57:23.573
for individual animals,

1221
00:57:23.907 --> 00:57:25.909
from our perspective
of assessing the animals

1222
00:57:26.142 --> 00:57:28.111
and making decisions for them.

1223
00:57:28.545 --> 00:57:31.915
We always make the decision
that is the best decision

1224
00:57:32.215 --> 00:57:34.751
we can make for that animal
at that particular moment,

1225
00:57:35.251 --> 00:57:38.188
and that’s not an easy
thing to do all the time.

1226
00:57:38.488 --> 00:57:39.823
[Uplifting music fades out]
[Inspiring music fades in]

1227
00:57:40.089 --> 00:57:42.025
[Jes] You know,
I try to stay very realistic

1228
00:57:42.325 --> 00:57:44.761
about what we can
do at each address,

1229
00:57:45.061 --> 00:57:48.097
and part of the work
that we do is living on hope.

1230
00:57:48.398 --> 00:57:50.033
You know, we hope we
can get them surrendered.

1231
00:57:50.333 --> 00:57:53.203
We hope that we can educate
people to do better for them.

1232
00:57:53.903 --> 00:57:55.605
I’ve been doing
this for 15 years.

1233
00:57:55.905 --> 00:57:59.108
If I didn’t have hope that
things were gonna get better,

1234
00:57:59.342 --> 00:58:01.511
I would be in a deep depression.

1235
00:58:03.079 --> 00:58:06.216
Edith was missing
for about three years.

1236
00:58:06.716 --> 00:58:09.786
Myself and Emily were
going through pictures

1237
00:58:10.086 --> 00:58:12.522
from the straw delivery
over the weekend,

1238
00:58:12.889 --> 00:58:15.825
and Emily said to me,
“Hey, come here,”

1239
00:58:16.092 --> 00:58:17.627
you know,
“look at this picture.”

1240
00:58:18.294 --> 00:58:20.263
And so I got up,
and I went over and looked.

1241
00:58:20.563 --> 00:58:23.199
And sure enough, instantly
I knew that it was her.

1242
00:58:23.433 --> 00:58:25.301
So I went out to the address,

1243
00:58:25.602 --> 00:58:29.005
and it turned out that her
guardian had just moved

1244
00:58:29.305 --> 00:58:32.242
I talked to her
about Edith getting older and,

1245
00:58:32.542 --> 00:58:33.676
you know, basically,

1246
00:58:33.710 --> 00:58:36.279
that it’s just not fair
to her to be chained outside.

1247
00:58:36.546 --> 00:58:38.047
I mean,
it was never fair to her,

1248
00:58:38.348 --> 00:58:40.250
but at this point,
she’s 10 years old.

1249
00:58:40.683 --> 00:58:42.852
You know, every time it
gets hot or it gets cold,

1250
00:58:43.086 --> 00:58:44.854
it affects her arthritis.

1251
00:58:45.555 --> 00:58:48.725
And she ended up telling
me that I could have her.

1252
00:58:53.863 --> 00:58:57.000
She tried to tell me that Edith
didn’t like being inside,

1253
00:58:57.233 --> 00:58:58.935
which is absolutely not true.

1254
00:58:59.235 --> 00:59:02.038
Edith loves to be snuggled
on the couch or the bed.

1255
00:59:02.338 --> 00:59:04.340
Anywhere you are,
she wants to be there.

1256
00:59:05.775 --> 00:59:08.111
I instantly knew I
wanted to adopt her.

1257
00:59:08.344 --> 00:59:08.978
I had known her for so long,

1258
00:59:09.245 --> 00:59:11.214
and she was just
such a wonderful girl.

1259
00:59:11.514 --> 00:59:13.850
Every moment, she’s just
more and more perfect.

1260
00:59:14.284 --> 00:59:16.019
Edith probably makes me happier

1261
00:59:16.319 --> 00:59:17.787
than anything else
in this world.

1262
00:59:18.087 --> 00:59:20.056
I mean, you know,
I’ve got kind of a hard job,

1263
00:59:20.290 --> 00:59:21.224
and it’s, like, man,

1264
00:59:21.624 --> 00:59:23.192
hanging out with her
is the best.

1265
00:59:23.493 --> 00:59:25.361
She makes my life
better every day.

1266
00:59:25.995 --> 00:59:29.165
Oh, and hopefully I make
her life a lot better as well.

1267
00:59:45.315 --> 00:59:48.985
[Inspiring music fades out]

1268
00:59:51.788 --> 00:59:55.792
[Uplifting music starts]

1269
01:01:46.335 --> 01:01:48.171
[Uplifting music fades out]