— The 1% pledge · where it goes —

Loving one animal is loving them all.

Every PETVITY transaction funnels 1% — hard-coded, audited — into a curated cohort of on-the-ground conservation projects. Six this quarter. Oceans, pollinators, working dogs, alpine carnivores, urban wildlife. Stories worth telling. Work worth funding.

1%Of every transaction
6Active projects · this quarter
4×/yrMembers vote on the next cohort
AuditedIndependent annual report
— The current cohort —

Six projects · three continents.

From the Mediterranean to the Mongolian steppe, these are the on-the-ground programs we're funding this quarter. Each has a partner, a measurable outcome, and a story we'll keep telling.

Working dogs
Tanzania · Mongolia · USA
Working Dogs for Conservation
Dogs who save species
Trained detection dogs sniffing out rhino horn smugglers, invasive plants, and the scat of endangered species. The most pet-and-wildlife crossover work happening on the planet.
Read the story →
Pollinators
Switzerland · DACH region
pro biene · BirdLife Schweiz
Pollinator pathways through Zürich
75% of Swiss native bee species are threatened. A growing network of urban green corridors — balconies to rooftops to municipal parks — is turning cities into habitats. The 12-step path your garden can join.
Read the story →
Oceans
Greece · Crete · Zakynthos
ARCHELON · Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece
A 100-day rescue at Zakynthos
Loggerhead sea turtles nest on the same beaches where summer tourists rent loungers. Volunteers move nests at dawn. The hatchling success rate has tripled. Members can adopt a nest.
Read the story →
Apex carnivores
Italian + Swiss Alps
KORA · LIFE WolfAlps
The bear that walked into Ticino
After a century, brown bears are returning to the Swiss-Italian Alps. Twelve animals tracked. Three livestock-coexistence pilots underway. The science of sharing landscape again. Story coming Q3 2026.
Coming soon →
Urban wildlife
Swiss cities · DACH
Swiss Urban Wildlife Project
Foxes, hedgehogs & the city night
The animals living three meters from your kitchen window. How pet owners can coexist with foxes, badgers, and the European hedgehog (now endangered in Switzerland). Camera-trap data + your evening walks. Story coming Q4 2026.
Coming soon →
Apex predators
Mongolian steppe · Kyrgyzstan
Snow Leopard Trust
The ghost of the steppe
Around 4,000 snow leopards remain. The Trust's herder-partnership model insures herder livestock losses, paying out when a snow leopard takes a goat — turning what was retaliation into stewardship. Story coming Q4 2026.
Coming soon →

How the 1% actually moves.

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Auto-allocated

1% of every PETVITY transaction is reserved at the moment of sale — never optional, never marketing.

02

Pooled quarterly

Funds accumulate in a ring-fenced account. We don't touch them between voting cycles.

03

Members vote

Every quarter, paying members rank the projects. The cohort for the next quarter is built from those votes.

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Audited yearly

Independent audit publishes outcomes, allocations, and the next year's cohort. Read more →

— Coming soon · Q4 2026 —

The Wild podcast.

Monthly conversations with the people doing the work — biologists, dog handlers, beekeepers, marine vets. Where your 1% goes, and the science behind why it matters.

Hosted by Manuel Riegner. ~40 minutes per episode. Released on Spotify, Apple, and as long-form blog companion pieces.

— Episode 01 · pilot —
Dogs who save species: a conversation with a conservation detection handler
How a Belgian malinois named Atlas finds rhino horn at airport scanners. Why working dogs are the under-discussed front line of wildlife protection. What it takes to train a dog for a job that takes decades.
42 min Q4 2026 release Pilot episode

Care for one animal · fund six.

Every PETVITY membership funnels 1% — structurally, not as marketing — to these projects. No checkbox, no opt-out, no fine print.

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Partner organisations listed are PETVITY's target cohort for the founding 500 program. Formal partnership agreements are signed quarterly as the membership grows. The 1% allocation activates with the first paid membership. Audited financials published annually.