Friend, there are only hours left this #GivingTuesday, and we're still falling short of our goal of 2,500 donations.

We must meet this challenge before midnight to unlock a special $25,000 matching gift that will boost our vital work to help dogs and other animals. Will you chip in $5 or more to help put us over the top?

If 2,500 people donate to PETA before midnight, we'll receive an additional $25,000 that will help us deliver shelter, food, and medical care to a neglected "backyard dog" struggling to survive the freezing cold … allow us to perform more life-changing spay and neuter surgeries … strengthen our work to end painful, deadly experiments on dogs and other animals … power the campaigns that are preventing dogs from being bludgeoned and skinned … and more. Loyal, loving dogs need you, Friend!

Please, be a part of PETA's biggest #GivingTuesday yet. Make your special gift of $5 or more before midnight!

Dear Friend,

For a hungry, cold, neglected puppy, a timely visit from a PETA fieldworker could be the difference between life and death.

Our team members were delivering straw to help cold dogs in rural North Carolina when they spotted this little one—only a few months old—cowering in a backyard.

His body showed signs of the lifetime of neglect that he'd already endured. His tail had been badly docked, and his ribs protruded prominently through his skin—likely from not having a nourishing meal since the day he was born.

Thousands of neglected dogs like him rely on PETA every year for compassion and care. As you read this, many others are still waiting—and this #GivingTuesday, you can help more of them than ever before.

Will you change the life of an animal in need this #GivingTuesday by making a special gift right now?

If we receive 2,500 donations by midnight tonight, a committed PETA donor will give an additional $25,000 to help our team accomplish even more for dogs and other animals in need.

Our fieldworkers were able to gain custody of the young dog pictured above and gave him the food, veterinary attention, and affection that he'd been longing for. Today, he's in a foster home with one of our local shelter partners while he waits for a loving permanent home, but sadly, his story isn't all that unique.

Your gift today—even as little as $5—can still make a world of difference to a dog like Little Man, seen below.

The only protection Little Man had from the freezing temperatures and icy rain was a leaking plastic barrel shoved in the corner of a lonely backyard.

Today, that decrepit barrel has been replaced by a sturdy custom-built PETA doghouse that will help him survive the many long, cold winter nights to come.

Your special gift this #GivingTuesday can help unlock our $25,000 matching-gift offer and power our work to reach more lonely, neglected "backyard dogs"—and dogs like Roxy, pictured below, with the urgent care that they need.

While Roxy had spent her life indoors, this beloved dog had never been spayed. She developed a dangerous and potentially deadly condition called pyometra. Without a moment to lose, we arranged an urgent spay surgery for her. Today, she's back with her family and well on the road to recovery, but many other dogs are in danger and need the same emergency help.

Every single day, PETA fieldworkers and animal-care experts provide dogs like Roxy with a lifeline—and today is your chance to have a profound impact on this vital work.

Please don’t wait! We need the help of every caring PETA supporter we can to secure 2,500 contributions by midnight tonight and unlock a special $25,000 matching gift for #GivingTuesday. Whatever you can give—even $5—will help.