Police in Greeley, Colorado, are investigating a video showing animal abuse that has been circulating in recent days. The Greeley Police Department and the city’s animal control team say the case involves a minor, so few details have been released. The department said the case “is being taken seriously and handled thoroughly,” according to KDVR.

While the investigation moves forward, a video like this can keep getting shared, viewed, and reposted. Every share puts animal cruelty in front of more people, including kids, and makes cruelty feel normal. And because a minor is involved, every repost risks exposing a young person’s identity before the facts are known.

The companies that decide how fast this kind of content comes down are the major social media platforms: Meta (which runs Facebook and Instagram), TikTok, YouTube, and X. Each company sets its own rules for violent content, and each one has the power to act faster.

This petition asks these platforms to treat reported animal cruelty videos as an urgent priority. That means reviewing reports quickly, taking the videos down, and stopping the same clip from being uploaded again. Platforms should also point viewers to report what they see to local police or animal control instead of sharing it further.

Animals can’t report abuse. People can, and social media companies can make sure those reports lead to real action.

Sign the petition to tell social media companies to stop animal cruelty videos from spreading before the next one goes viral.