Animal Rescue
2021 Report
The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund is dedicated to making the world a better place for animals — supporting rescue work, veganism, and wildlife conservation with an emphasis on systemic change and benefits for people. The Fund issued $66,541 in grants during calendar year 2021, for a total of $514,476 since its Earth Day 2016 founding. 2021…
Read More2021 Top 10 for Animals and People
The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund is dedicated to making the world a better place for animals — including support for animal rescue — while emphasizing programs that promote systemic change and that also benefit people. Top 10 highlights of organizations and programs the Fund supported in 2021 are: 1 – PETA‘s campaign to end cruelty toward race horses —…
Read MoreWin-wins for animals and people
The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund is dedicated to making the world a better place for animals — because this was Greg’s and my shared purpose during our life together; and because this cause is so underfunded, with just 3% of U.S. donations going to animals and the environment combined1. Since its establishment on Earth…
Read More5 reasons for a turkey-free Thanksgiving
Millions of Americans are choosing to go turkey-free for the holidays: according to Sentient Media1, today’s U.S. consumers purchase about 30 million turkeys for Thanksgiving, down from 46 million a decade ago. In this millennium and especially this year, there are at least five big reasons to celebrate Thanksgiving with a turkey-free, plant-based meal. For…
Read MoreNew York bill to shift $230 million per year from horse racing
There’s exciting news from Albany, New York this week! As reported in the Albany Times-Union, a new bill, introduced by Linda Rosenthal in the Assembly and Zellnor Myrie in the Senate, would end an annual $230 million in New York State horse racing subsidies — the highest in the United States — and redirect the…
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