ABOUT: RACHEL BELLIS
As PETA’s Associate Director of Local Affairs, Rachel Bellis leads and participates in community events and meetings with law-enforcement and government officials and helps manage PETA’s services in Virginia and North Carolina, which include low-cost veterinary care, free and low-cost spaying and neutering assistance for neglected dogs left chained or penned outdoors 24/7, and other around-the-clock help for animals who are sick, abused, or facing other emergencies.
She works with local lawmakers to pass chaining bans and improve other standards of care for companion animals, and as a former longtime resident of Spain, she assists with Spanish-language cruelty cases around the world and with mega spay/neuter events in Mexico.
