In the video, the actors give voice to the plight of lonely and neglected “backyard dogs” like those who are featured in the real-life footage recorded near PETA’s Norfolk, Virginia, headquarters, where the group’s fieldworkers serve as a 24/7 resource for animals in need by providing them with free shelter, straw bedding, food, water, veterinary care, and other necessities.

The video spot will air a total of 10 times over the next two weeks on local TV channels. It begins with a shot of a chained dog sitting alone in the snow as Hardy asks, “When you first got me, did you know that you were going to chain me up and leave me outside?” It goes on to show footage of other shivering, hungry, and sad dogs forced to live outside with no protection from the elements.

Every year, PETA — whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way” — receives thousands of complaints about people who leave dogs outside in the cold. Dogs and other animals can become dehydrated when water sources freeze and can suffer and die from frostbite and exposure. PETA advises anyone concerned about an animal’s welfare to alert local law-enforcement agencies or PETA’s first responders immediately. Last year, a dog froze to death in Detroit after being abandoned in a cage overnight, while another was found frozen to death in a crate in the middle of the road.

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Juan Pablo Di Pace

The Fuller House star is teaming up with the organization as he launches bit to extinguish circus cruelty.

“My love for animals really comes from being a kid and discovering stray cats and dogs … and bringing them in,” begins Di Pace during the promotional video.

“I have a special love for felines. I love small cats, big cats. … To see what things are done to them in the circus is really upsetting … they sleep in tiny cages. They’re forced to do things they don’t want to do. They beat them up,” he says.

“[W]hat we see in the circus is just a fraction of what these poor animals have to go through.”

The actor goes on to explain how uneasy and “unnerved” he is by seeing animals perform tricks and that he would never take his children to toa circus that featured animals because it would be too upsetting for him. He says he’d much rather them go to a circus that features only talented human performers.

“I wouldn’t want them to think it’s OK,” he says. “Because it’s not. … [Y]ou can really go to the circus watching amazing performances by clowns or acrobats or dancers. … [L]et’s stop [going to animal circuses].”

Di Pace now joins the list of stars like Penélope Cruz, Kate del Castillo, Eva Mendes, Wilmer Valderrama, Geroge Lopez, and Edward James Olmos, who have all helped PETA promote kindness to animals.

This article originally appeared on E News.

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