Stop Farmers from Gassing Pigs and End the Shark Fin Trade: 10 Petitions You Should Sign This Week to Help Animals

It’s horrible to hear about animal abuse cases or read the ways humans are endangering many species. Fortunately, there are things we can do to speak for them. One of the ways we can help and lend our voices to good causes is by signing petitions. Such petitions are sent to people in powerful positions that can make a change, especially when they see just how many people stand behind the cause. We can demand change, justice, and stop tragedies by speaking up and doing our part.

There are horrifying things happening around the world every week like extinction, hunting, exploitation, and cruelty. If you are looking for a way to help animals, here are 10 petitions you should sign this week, including farmers shooting and gassing pigs, sharks being killed for their fins, and the end of dog meat in China.

We want to thank you for being the change you wish to see in the world and giving a voice to the voiceless.

1. China is Close to Banning Dog Meat For Good; Keep the Pressure On

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China is poised to pass a law that would make the slaughter and consumption of dogs illegal. Up until now, dogs have been classified as livestock in China, even though many of the country’s citizens see them as companions and family members. But China’s Ministry of Agriculture recently released a list of acceptable livestock and dogs are excluded. Sign this petition to keep the pressure on! Let China’s Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs know that dogs are NOT livestock!

2. Officials Seized 26 Tons of Shark Fins From Endangered Shark Species

Source: Officials Seized 26 Tons of Shark Fins From Endangered Shark Species

In April and May of 2020, officials in Hong Kong seized 26 tons of shark fins from over 38,500 endangered sharks in two different cases. There’s a suspect in custody for one of the seizures, but no information on the other and no charges yet. Sign this petition demanding that they hold everyone involved with this massive slaughter accountable.

3. Tell Meat Processing Plants to Stop Killing and Throwing Away Chickens

Source: Chickens Are Being Slaughtered by the Millions and Thrown Away While Hungry Families Struggle to Find Food

In April 2020, a meat processing company on the Delmarva Peninsula was forced to kill 2 million chickens. Other meat processing plants are also “depopulating” due to the meat shortage and economic difficulties during this pandemic. Sign this petition calling on the National Chicken Council (NCC) to use their expertise and influence in Washington to come up with creative, humane solutions so that these chickens do not die needlessly!

4. Charge Couple who Adopted a Dog Just to Kill and Eat Him That Same Night

Source: Woman Adopted Shelter Dog Only to Kill It and Eat It the Same Night

The couple went to a shelter and a lovable dog named Nika ran up to them. By all appearances, they fell in love with the dog and were ready to give Nika a loving forever home. But the same night of the adoption they killed, cooked, and ate Nika. They say they won’t be put in jail over a dog. Sign this petition demanding that this couple be charged for their heartless crime!

5. Tell the UK to Provide Emergency Funding for Wildlife Trusts to Save Plant and Animal Lives!

Source: COVID-19 Could Cause a Massive Loss of Plant and Animal Life in Britain!

During this pandemic, the UK’s more fragile flora and fauna could suffer some serious setbacks. But in Britain, staff layoffs, dips in fundraising and profits, and an inability to safely facilitate volunteers’ help will hamper what is normally a very busy time for nature Conservation efforts. The spring is a vital period during which threatened plant species can thrive and endangered wildlife breed. Sign this petition to urge the UK to prioritize nature Conservation. The Wildlife Trusts needs emergency funding immediately!

6. Farmers Are Shooting or Gassing Their Pigs and Throwing Them Away

Source: Farmers Are Shooting or Gassing Their Pigs and Throwing Them Away Because of Slowed Production Caused by COVID-19!

Meat plants have never been known for their humane treatment of animals. They do the bare minimum the law requires of them and often not even that, as activists frequently expose animal abuse in meat plants. But now there is a new problem: there have been so many coronavirus outbreaks at meat plants that many have had to close, creating a bottleneck in the industry. The solution? Farmers are now gassing and shooting their pigs and then discarding them, not even sending them to feed families. Sign this petition to stop this inhumane and disgusting killing method!

7. 38 States Still Allow Gestation Crates

Source: Pigs Are Locked in Cages and Forced to Breed for Years in These 38 States

38 states in the U.S. still allow farmers to keep sows used for breeding in cages called gestation crates. These crates are so tiny the pigs can’t even turn around. Then they are repeatedly impregnated and made to give birth. It’s cruel and it must end. Sign this petition if you want every single state in the US to pass legislation ending this immoral practice.

8. End Togo’s Evala Festival that Forces Teenage Boys to Gorge on Dog Meat

Source: Togo’s Evala Festival Forces Teenage Boys to Gorge on Dog Meat

Each year thousands of teenage boys in Togo, Africa, go through a ‘traditional initiation’ that involves wrestling competitions and gorging on dog meat for weeks known as Evala, in Togo, Africa. The number of dogs slaughtered for the Evala festival each year is unknown. We do know thousands of young men from numerous different tribes compete against each other, so the number of dogs killed would be staggering. Sign this petition calling for an end to the practice of gorging on dog meat during this festival.

9. Demand Stronger Animal Cruelty Laws in Jamaica

Source: Demand Change of Animal laws in Jamaica

This petition was started by concerned citizens in Jamaica who want to see stronger animal cruelty laws. It’s a serious crime that should be punished as such. Sign this petition if you agree!

10. Prevent the Extinction of the North Atlantic Right Whale

Source: Prevent the Extinction of the North Atlantic Right Whale

Scientists warn that, without government protections and fast action, the entire North Atlantic right whale species will be extinct soon.  Only 400 still exist, and of these, fewer than 100 are breeding females. Sign this petition demanding the the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service take these steps today to help save the North Atlantic right whale from extinction.