Animal Rescue
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 MoreAnimal Rescue Kharkiv Provides Refuge for Cats & People
This June, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals presented the 2023 8th annual Gregory J. Reiter Animal Rescue Award to its Ukraine partner organization Animal Rescue Kharkiv (ARK). ARK has continued to work against incredible odds to rescue animals from active war zones, with ongoing support from PETA Deutschland and PETA’s Global Compassion Fund…
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 MoreQ3 2023 Highlights for Animals & People
During July-September 2023, the Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund made fresh grants to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Equine Matters campaigns and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) Exam Room Podcast; plus I spent time onsite at Woodstock Farm Sanctuary. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Equine Matters A…
Read MoreA perfect weekend at Woodstock Farm Sanctuary
The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund has been a Woodstock Farm Sanctuary supporter since 2018 — the year I first visited this 150-acre High Falls, New York refuge for 400 cows, pigs, goats, sheep, rabbits, turkeys, chickens, ducks, and geese. Finally, after five years, I returned this month — treating myself to a full weekend…
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