PETA’s 4th Annual Greg Award to Paulette Dean
On May 5, I was honored to present PETA’s fourth annual Gregory J. Reiter Animal Rescue Award to Paulette Dean. Paulette has served for 27 years as Executive Director of south central Virginia’s Danville Area Humane Society. During this period, Paulette and her organization’s shelter have admitted well over 100,000 animals. They have spayed or neutered tens…
Read MoreEarth Day 3-Year Anniversary!
This Earth Day April 22 marks the three-year anniversary of the Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund — and the three-year anniversary of the Fund’s partnership with Animal Place’s Food for Thought program, which helps nonprofit organizations adopt vegan menu policies for events. Many years ago, Animal Place inspired Greg and me to become vegetarian, and…
Read MoreHappy 10th birthday to Charlie!
Happy 10th birthday to Charlie, foaled April 11, 2009. The youngest member of my three-horse herd, he has nevertheless established himself with Henry (age 21) and Caroline (est. age 12) as the herd leader. Thoroughbreds can live to age 30 or more with proper care — but every year on U.S. tracks, hundreds of horses die at…
Read MoreQ1 2019 Report
The Fund made grants to four programs during the first quarter of 2019 – and these programs made history for animals. 1 – The Fund renewed its support for White Coat Waste Project (WCW) for the third consecutive year. This quarter, a WCW coalition ended 37 years of U.S. Department of Agriculture toxoplasmosis studies which killed more…
Read MoreHistoric moment for racehorses
On March 14, Los Angeles County’s Santa Anita Park racetrack announced an historic plan to implement the most stringent racehorse medication policy in North America, consistent with International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) standards–banning all race-day medications including the controversial drug Lasix, and banning the use of the whip “except as a corrective safety measure.” The…
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