Ingrid Newkirk
Ingrid Newkirk
Ingrid E. Newkirkis an English-born British-American animal rights activist and the president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the world's largest animal rights organization. She is the author of several books, including Making Kind Choicesand The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights: Simple Acts of Kindness to Help Animals in Trouble. Newkirk has worked for the animal-protection movement since 1972. Under her leadership in the 1970s as the District of Columbia's first female poundmaster, legislation was passed to...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth11 June 1949
We do not advocate right to life for animals.
We’re looking for good lawsuits that will establish the interests of animals as a legitimate area of concern in law.
At PETA, we often say that the issue of how animals are treated isn't just about them; it's about us, how we behave.
Even painless research is fascism, supremacism.
I will be the last person to condemn ALF [the Animal Liberation Front].
Eating meat is primitive, barbaric, and arrogant.
She has worn fur, so the innocent did not get hurt. It wasn't friendly fire.
The tape shows experimenters using their power over the monkeys to torture and torment them, while lab supervisors stand by or even join in,
We're asking kids to get hooked on kindness, not killing,
U.K. citizens fleeing the Middle East and Japan have been allowed to take their animal companions with them on evacuation flights. The U.S. is not so civilized, and that's a blot on our national copybook.
All tyranny, bigotry, aggression, and cruelty are wrong, and whenever we see it, we must never be silent.
Most Americans, like most Japanese, view their dogs, cats, and other animal companions as family members, and rightly so.
It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.