Sign Petitions for Animals
Simple actions. Real impact. Collective change.
Why Signing Petitions Matters
Signing petitions is one of the simplest yet most powerful ways to create change for animals.
Every signature sends a clear message to lawmakers, corporations, and institutions that animals deserve protection, compassion and justice.
When enough voices come together, awareness grows, policies shift, and lives are protected.
Members of our local animal advocacy community showing up for change
End Animal Testing for Cosmetics
Millions of animals around the world are still subjected to painful and unnecessary experiments for cosmetics and personal-care products — including skin and eye irritation tests, force-feeding, and lethal toxicity trials. These tests cause suffering, fear, and death, even though non-animal testing methods are widely available, more accurate, and already in use. Animals used in cosmetic testing are often confined to small cages, isolated, and killed once experiments are complete.
This petition calls on cosmetic companies, lawmakers, and regulatory agencies to fully ban animal testing for cosmetics and cosmetic ingredients, require the use of modern cruelty-free science, and support innovation that protects both human health and animal lives. Ending cosmetic animal testing is an achievable step toward a more compassionate and ethical industry.
Ask Trader Joe’s to Cut Ties With Petaluma Poultry
Petaluma Poultry has been repeatedly investigated for inhumane treatment of chickens, including severe neglect, overcrowding, and animal welfare violations. This petition calls on Trader Joe’s to stop sourcing poultry products from Petaluma Poultry and instead commit to ethical, welfare-focused, and plant-forward alternatives — protecting animals and supporting compassionate supply chains.
Stop the Use of Monkeys to Harvest Coconuts
In some countries, monkeys are trained and forced to climb trees to pick coconuts for use in products like coconut milk and coconut oil — often enduring stressful conditions, separation from family, and unnatural labor. This petition calls on governments, certification bodies, brands, and retailers to end the use of monkeys for coconut harvesting, adopt humane farming practices, and ensure that coconut products are sourced ethically and without animal exploitation.
Protect Farmed Animals from Extreme Confinement
Millions of farmed animals are forced to live in extreme confinement systems such as battery cages, gestation crates, and veal crates — spaces so small they can barely move, stretch, or even turn around. These animals often spend their entire lives standing on wire floors or concrete, unable to engage in natural behaviors like nesting, walking freely, or caring for their young. Extreme confinement causes chronic physical pain, severe psychological stress, and widespread injury, while denying animals even the most basic dignity. This petition calls for stronger animal welfare laws that ban extreme confinement practices and protect animals from lifelong suffering.
Ban Wildlife Exploitation in Entertainment
Wild animals used in entertainment — including circuses, roadside zoos, photo-op attractions, traveling shows, and other performance settings — are often taken from their natural environments or bred into captivity, then forced to live in small enclosures that deny them space, stimulation, and the ability to express natural behaviors. Many endure harsh training methods, constant transport, isolation, and chronic stress, all for the sake of human amusement. These conditions frequently lead to physical injuries, psychological suffering, and shortened lifespans. This petition calls for banning the use of wild animals in entertainment, strengthening wildlife protection laws, and promoting ethical, animal-free alternatives that do not exploit living beings.
End Goldfish Racing at PB ShoreClub
Weekly “goldfish races” at the PB ShoreClub involve participants blowing fish through gutters, which animal advocates say causes stress and potential harm to these living animals. This petition calls on the club’s management to stop using live fish for entertainment and adopt humane alternatives instead. The goldfish racing issue has also been discussed in local activist circles and protests, indicating growing community concern about the practice as a cruelty issue.
Stop Sport Boat Fishing in Back of San Diego Bay
This petition targets excessive sport fishing in sensitive areas of San Diego Bay that harms fish and local marine ecosystems. While it’s broader than blowfish/goldfish games, it’s related to protecting fish and coastal wildlife from harmful human practices.
End the Fur Trade
Animals raised and trapped for fur — including foxes, minks, raccoon dogs, rabbits, and others — endure extreme suffering throughout their lives. On fur farms, animals are often confined to small wire cages, unable to move freely or engage in natural behaviors, leading to physical injuries and severe psychological distress. Trapped animals in the wild can suffer for hours or even days in steel-jaw traps before dying from blood loss, shock, or exposure.
This petition calls for an end to the fur trade, the banning of fur farming and wild fur trapping, and stronger laws to protect animals from being killed for fashion. No animal should suffer or die for clothing when compassionate, high-quality alternatives already exist.
Ban Foie Gras and End Force-Feeding
Foie gras is produced by forcibly feeding ducks and geese through metal or plastic tubes pushed down their throats multiple times a day, causing their livers to become abnormally enlarged and diseased. This process, known as gavage, can lead to severe physical pain, difficulty breathing, organ failure, and high mortality rates. Birds are often confined in small cages or crowded sheds, unable to escape the repeated force-feeding that defines their lives.
This petition calls on lawmakers, restaurants, and food companies to ban the production, sale, and use of foie gras and to remove it from menus. No culinary tradition justifies deliberate cruelty. Ending foie gras is a clear, achievable step toward a food system that respects animals and rejects violence.
End Cruel Pest Control Practices
Animals like rodents, birds, and other small wildlife suffer in inhumane traps like glue traps, snap traps, and other cruel devices that cause prolonged pain. This petition calls on lawmakers and retailers to ban the sale and use of glue traps and other inhumane pest control devices and instead promote humane alternatives.
Free Corky — Save the Orca
Corky is one of the longest-living captive orcas in the world, having spent decades confined to small tanks far from the vast ocean environment she is meant to live in. In the wild, orcas travel long distances each day, live in complex family pods, and rely on rich social bonds — all of which are denied to Corky in captivity. Years of confinement have taken a physical and psychological toll, leaving her isolated and unable to express natural behaviors.
This petition calls for Corky’s release from captivity and her transfer to a seaside sanctuary where she can live in saltwater, experience natural rhythms, and receive proper care while remaining protected. Freeing Corky would be a powerful step toward ending the captivity of orcas and recognizing that these highly intelligent, emotional beings deserve lives of dignity.
Ban Horse Carriages in San Diego
Horse-drawn carriage rides marketed as “tourist experiences” can expose horses to long hours on hot pavement, limited rest, and physical strain. This petition calls on San Diego city leaders to end horse-drawn carriage rides and protect working animals from exploitation.
Ban Pony Rides at Fairs and Events
Pony rides at fairs, carnivals, and local events often involve stressful conditions and repetitive handling by strangers. This petition asks event organizers and officials to stop offering pony rides and promote ethical, animal-free attractions.
Stop Selling Animals in Pet Stores
Pet stores that sell animals treat living beings as merchandise, fueling commercial breeding practices that often prioritize profit over welfare. Many animals sold in pet stores come from large-scale commercial breeders where overcrowding, neglect, and a lack of proper care are common, and once purchased they may end up abandoned or surrendered when owners aren’t prepared for their needs. Ending the sale of animals in pet stores would help shift the focus toward adoption, rescue partnerships, and compassionate care.
Stop Elephant Rides and Shows
Elephants used for rides or performances are often kept in stressful conditions and separated from their families. This petition calls for venues to end elephant rides and entertainment shows and invest in sanctuary-based alternatives.
Close or Reform Roadside Animal Attractions
Roadside animal attractions often display live animals in stressful or inadequate conditions for entertainment. This petition urges lawmakers to ban or reform roadside animal exhibitions that exploit wildlife, including exotic animals like tigers, camels, and more.
Ban Animal Rides at Theme Parks and Zoos
Animal rides (like camels, ponies, or elephants) at theme parks and tourist locations can lead to poor welfare conditions. This petition calls for ending animal rides and replacing them with ethical, animal-free entertainment options.
Ban Shark Feeding & Harmful Marine Tours
Some marine tourist experiences involve feeding or baiting wildlife (such as sharks) in ways that can stress ecosystems and alter natural behavior. This petition urges operators and regulators to end exploitative wildlife interactions and adopt conservation-centered practices.
Pass Ryder’s Law to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages
Ryder’s Law is a proposed bill that would end the inhumane practice of forcing horses to pull carriages in urban areas, replacing these rides with humane and animal-free alternatives. The law is named after Ryder, a horse who collapsed and died from exhaustion while working in harsh conditions, and would require retired carriage horses to be cared for in sanctuaries rather than kept working or sold for slaughter. Passing Ryder’s Law would protect horses from exploitation and promote modern, humane tourist experiences that don’t rely on animal labor.
Stop Camel Rides and End Camel Exploitation
Camel rides are offered at some tourist venues and events, but these animals often endure stressful conditions, harsh training, repetitive work, and environments that are not suited to their natural needs. This petition calls on event organizers, tour operators, and local officials to end camel rides and replace them with humane, animal-free experiences that do not exploit living beings for entertainment.