Ingrid Newkirk

Celebrating 20 Years of Free the Animals

Bill Maher | Posted 04.30.2012

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Bill Maher

Free the Animals tells the riveting, real-life story of the people who put on disguises, use fake IDs, or jimmy their way into laboratories in order to carry out the daring rescues of animals used in experiments and of the insiders, the whistleblowers, who risk their jobs to help them.

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Which Post50 Activists Are Changing The World?

The Huffington Post | Evan Allis | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Social Justice, Van Jones, Dan Savage, Michael Moore, Activism, Ingrid Newkirk, Occupy Wall Street, Protests, Naomi Wolf, Grover Norquist, Fifty News

In Man and Superman, Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw famously stated, "the reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persi...

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Revisiting The Compassionate Cook

Donna Albergotti | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Veganism, Vegetarian, Peta, Vegetarianism, Cookbooks, Cooking, Ingrid Newkirk, Vegan, Books News
Donna Albergotti

Even those who aren't keen on the PETA mission will find this cookbook nonthreatening; there's no preaching -- just a few facts about the health benefits of a vegan diet, some guidance on substitutions, and then right on to an animal byproduct-free cornucopia of recipes.

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Michael McLaughlin

Family-Planning Zookeepers Outsmart Giraffe That Wouldn't Take Birth Control

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Peoria Zoo, Giraffe, Peta, Peoria, Weird Animals, Ingrid Newkirk, Yvonne Strode, Illinois, Animals in the News, Weird News News

Vivian, a nubile giraffe in the Peoria Zoo in Illinois, is back on the pill after shunning the contraceptive-laced food that she was served for about ...

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The Pope, PETA and Overpopulation

Ingrid Newkirk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cats, Animal Rights, Pets, Peta, Neuter, Spay, Overpopulation, Crisis, Pope Benedict, Pope, Dogs, Ingrid Newkirk, Pope Condoms, Green News
Ingrid Newkirk

The Pope may not have talked about animal birth control yet, but dogs and cats and PETA can't wait. The result of dogs and cats having unprotected sex -- a massive overpopulation crisis -- is as deadly for them as HIV is for humans.

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Help! Dog Trapped in a Box!

Ingrid Newkirk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Killer Whales, Seaworld, Tilikum, Orcas, Peta, Ingrid Newkirk, Killer-Whales-in-Captivity, Green News
Ingrid Newkirk

Now, right here in America, some people have imprisoned a dog inside a box barely bigger than his own body. He has been locked in the box for months. Why, you may ask, aren't these people in jail?

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Come on Al, Steak or the Earth?

Ingrid Newkirk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vegetarian, PETA Ads, Peta, Peta Protest, Glenn Beck, Al Gore, Vegetarianism, Ingrid Newkirk, Greenhouse Gases, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Meat, Global Warming, Video, Green News
Ingrid Newkirk

Considering that the meat industry produces 40 percent more greenhouse gas emissions than all the world's transportation systems, we see no reason to back down in our criticism of Al Gore, among others.

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Michael Vick: Black Sheep or Scapegoat on Animal Rights?

Alec Baldwin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alex Pacheco, Factory Farming, Peta, Animal Rights, Michael Vick Animals, Michael Vick Eagles, Michael Vick, Ingrid Newkirk, Paws, Green News
Alec Baldwin

All of us who eat meat, attend rodeos, circuses, zoos and horse races and yet hand Michael Vick the bill for more systemic animal abuses in our society may find ourselves needing another chance one day, too.

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Extremism over Humanism in Animal Rights

Judith Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animal Rights, Peta, Michael Vick, Ingrid Newkirk, Extremism, Green News
Judith Ellis

While the work that PETA does is commendable in many aspects, I often think that they go too far

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The Consummate Animal Rights Reference

Donna Albergotti | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Animal Rights, Peta, Vegetarianism, Compassion, Ingrid Newkirk, Vegan, Healthy Living News
Donna Albergotti

This book serves as inspiration and it's the consummate reference manual for making the world a more compassionate place for all living beings.

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Can Animal Activism Go Too Far?

divinecaroline.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Because of--or in spite of--PETA's strange strategies, the organization has made a large impact, spurring policy changes in many animal-testing labora...

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Multiple Voices in Inspiring Essay Compilation

Donna Albergotti | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Kevin Bacon, Rebecca Hosking, Martina Navratilova, Dalai Lama, Moby, Sue Coe, Dennis Kucinich, Ingrid Newkirk, Henry Heimlich, Aimee Mullins, Book Reviews, Paul McCartney, Robert Young, Peta, Happiness, Emotional Wellness, Social Activism, Essay Compilation, Healthy Living News
Donna Albergotti

With infectious optimism, One Can Make a Difference ends up being a comforting, hopeful read for seemingly helpless times.

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I Am An Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA Premieres Tonight

Patrick Waldo | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Animal Rights, I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA, Peta, Ingrid Newkirk, Hunting, Vegetarian, Hbo, Vegan, PETA Film, Anti-Fur, Documentaries, Animal Ethics, Video, Healthy Living News
Patrick Waldo

As a long time vegetarian, animal rights supporter, and PETA member, I'm excited about the attention the documentary will bring to the organization's causes.

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