PETA’s 9th Annual Greg Award to Eduxanima, Romania

By Alysoun Mahoney | June 6, 2024 |

Today on Greg’s 61st birthday, I am excited to share that PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has presented its 2024 9th annual Gregory J. Reiter Animal Rescue Award to Eduxanima in Romania. Romania has perhaps the largest homeless animal population in Europe — with an estimated 600,000 stray dogs living on streets or in woods, and likely…

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Thank you, farmed animal sanctuaries!

By Alysoun Mahoney | November 22, 2023 |

Photo above: Chauncey at Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary, Poolesville, Maryland, November 2023 — a Royal Palm turkey, exact origin unknown, who was found Christmas Day 2020 on a Baltimore street. This U.S. Thanksgiving, I take a moment to express special gratitude to farm sanctuaries that are providing lifelong refuge for turkeys, chickens, pigs, cows, sheep,…

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Eight Years On

By Alysoun Mahoney | October 16, 2023 |

My husband Gregory James Reiter died eight years ago today, October 16, 2015, after 24 years together – rolled over by his own car, in an apparent accident that authorities could not or would not explain. Greg had believed that everything happens for a reason – and for many years, I sought to reconcile his…

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Happy 9th Adoption Anniversary, Caroline!

By Alysoun Mahoney | June 21, 2023 |

After losing four companion animals to illness in the last year, I am celebrating the spring birthdays and adoption anniversaries of six who are still with me. Today June 21 is Caroline’s day, the 9th anniversary of the day Greg and I brought her home. PETA’s fieldworkers found and rescued this petite mare with her…

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