About Greg
Thank you, farmed animal sanctuaries!
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,…
Read MoreEight Years On
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…
Read MoreHappy 9th Adoption Anniversary, Caroline!
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…
Read MoreGreg Fund Featured in The Foundation for Enhancing Communities Annual Report
I am honored to share that The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (TFEC) has just released its 2022 annual report, and has chosen to feature the Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund with an in-depth profile. TFEC, based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has managed the Greg Fund since January 2022. Established in 1920 as one of the first…
Read MorePETA’s 8th Annual Greg Award to Animal Rescue Kharkiv, Ukraine
On Greg’s 60th birthday today, I have an extra special honor: PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has just presented its 8th annual Gregory J. Reiter Animal Rescue Award to Animal Rescue Kharkiv (ARK) in Ukraine. Animal rescue is heroic work even in the best of times — but imagine rescuing horses,…
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