P.E.T. VR Program – Help Fund the First Empathy-Based VR Rehab for Animal and Domestic Abuse
Organized by P.E.T. – Psychosensory Empathy Training
About This Fundraiser
What if abusers could feel what they’ve done—without shame, without cruelty—just truth?
P.E.T. (Psychosensory Empathy Training) is a trauma-informed VR program designed to reconstruct empathy in offenders—without lectures, without loopholes, and without shame. After 7 years of clinical development and behavioral mapping on paper, and 2 years of VR and haptic planning, we’re finally ready to build the prototype.
- This is not a PSA.
- This is not a workshop.
- This is direct behavioral intervention.
- This has nothing to do with handwriting.
Using neuroscience, immersive virtual reality, and sensor-based feedback, P.E.T. places abusers into realistic, non-traumatizing simulations designed to break cycles of violence by awakening empathy.
This program was solely developed by Dr. Mozelle Martin—a forensic professional with nearly 40 years of experience in psychology, criminology, and victimology. As a former Clinical Director of a trauma treatment center, Dr. Martin grounded P.E.T. in forensic science, behavioral intervention, and restorative ethics.
It is:
- Court-adaptable
- Ethically engineered
- Designed for both juvenile and adult systems
Ideal for use with:
• Animal cruelty offenders
• Domestic violence perpetrators
• Juvenile and adult justice programs
• Aggression rehabilitation settings
It’s immersive, not triggering.
It’s ethical, not preachy.
And it works where words and corporal punishment fail.
We are fiscally sponsored by Chappy & Friends, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and are raising $175,000 to build the first full-scale P.E.T. prototype.
Your tax-deductible donation will fund:
• VR simulation development
• Sensor-integrated biometric feedback loops for measurable outcomes
• Clinical testing and program validation
• Deployment for courts and rehab centers, starting in the USA
If you believe in prevention, justice, and protecting the voiceless and innocent—
Donate now.
Help us build a tool that finally confronts cruelty at its root.
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14 days ago
As we head into the final weeks of 2025, a lot of people are asking the same question: “Where can I put my year-end, tax-deductible donation so it actually prevents harm instead of just reacting to it?”
P.E.T. – Psychosensory Empathy Training – was built for the cases that keep showing up in the news:
• the man caught on camera strangling a kitten in a San Antonio stairwell,
• the repeat offender with a record of harming both animals and people,
• the chronic abuser who walks out of court, unchanged, and goes looking for a new target.
These are not “one-off” monsters. They are predictable outcomes of systems that punish on paper but never touch the part that is broken: empathy.
P.E.T. uses immersive VR, haptics, and trauma-informed design to do what lectures, fines, and short jail terms have failed to do for decades:
make offenders feel the impact of their actions in a controlled, measurable way, without using real victims and without crossing ethical lines.
Your tax-deductible donation through our 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor, Chappy & Friends, goes directly toward building the first full P.E.T. prototype:
• engineering the VR and sensor system,
• building court-adaptable modules for animal cruelty, domestic violence, and related offenses,
• and validating the program so judges, probation officers, and advocates have a real alternative to “slap on the wrist and hope.”
If you’ve ever watched a story like the San Antonio kitten case and thought, “He is going to hurt someone else if he's not helped or in prison,” this is one concrete way to interrupt that trajectory before the next victim appears.
Thank you for helping us turn outrage into infrastructure.
— Dr. Mozelle Martin
Creator, P.E.T. – Psychosensory Empathy Training
3 months ago
Big News: PET VR is now on TerraCycle!
We’re excited to share that the P.E.T. VR Program has officially been added as a recognized charity through TerraCycle Recycling Rewards.
That means anyone who recycles through TerraCycle can now donate their earned points directly to support PET VR. Every 2,500 points equals a $25 donation, and TerraCycle pays out to us twice a year.
✅ How you can help:
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Keep recycling through TerraCycle.
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When you redeem your points, simply choose PET VR from the list of charities.
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Your everyday recycling will directly fund our work to rewire empathy through immersive VR.
Thank you for continuing to support PET VR in creative, sustainable ways. Together, we’re proving that waste can fuel empathy and change lives.
3 months ago
USA News just published a feature on the Psychosensory Empathy Training (P.E.T.) program.
The piece covers why punishment alone doesn’t stop violence, how empathy can be rewired through immersive VR and sensory technology, and why prevention is cheaper than paying the costs of cruelty after the fact.
