{"id":81285,"date":"2010-06-23T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peta.org\/about-peta\/helping-animals-in-hampton-roads\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T08:09:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:09:27","slug":"helping-animals-in-hampton-roads","status":"publish","type":"about","link":"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/about-peta\/learn-about-peta\/helping-animals-in-hampton-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"How PETA\u2019s Community Animal Project Helps in Our Own Backyards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In addition to the work PETA does to end animal abuse throughout the world, every day its field staff ventures into underserved\u2014and often rural\u2014areas of Virginia and North Carolina<\/a> to improve the lives of animals, including by informing these communities about how to care for them. Our Community Animal Project (CAP) assists thousands of animals in Virginia and North Carolina every year. CAP fieldworkers rescue local animals directly\u2014crawling through sewers, poking through junkyards, climbing trees, dodging cars, and coaxing terrified strays to safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unlike his namesake, Thor the dog can\u2019t control the weather\u2014so fieldworkers rushed him a custom-built doghouse filled with insulating straw to help protect him from winter storms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We go into the poorest neighborhoods to deliver food, toys, doghouses, and bedding to animals who have never known a kind word or touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also supply spay\/neuter services for animals who would otherwise reproduce and bring countless more into miserable and often deadly environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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