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 Ingrid
E. Newkirk, 51, is cofounder and president of People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals, the largest animal rights organization
in the world.
Newkirk's
campaigns to save animals have made the front pages of Washington
Post and other national newspapers. She has appeared on The
Today Show, Phil Donahue, The Oprah Winfrey Show, West 57th,
Nightline, among others.
Newkirk
has spoken internationally on animal protection issues, from
the steps of the Canadian Parliament to the streets of New
Delhi, India where she spent her childhood. She is the author
of Save the Animals! 101 Easy Things You Can Do, Kids Can
Save the Animals! 101 Easy Things to Do, The Compassionate
Cook 250 Ways to Make Your Cat Adore You (Simon & Schuster,
May 1998), and You Can Save the Animals: 251 Simple Ways to
Stop Thoughtless Cruelty (Prima Publishing, February 1999)
as well as numerous articles on the social implications of
our treatment of animals in our homes, slaughterhouses, circuses,
and laboratories.
Newkirk
served as a deputy sheriff, as a Maryland state law enforcement
officer for 25 years with the highest success rate in convicting
animal abusers, director of cruelty investigations for the
second oldest humane society in the U.S., and Chief of Animal
Disease Control for the Commission on Public Health in the
District of Columbia.
Ingrid
Newkirk achieved the passage of legislation to create a spay/neuter
clinic in Washington, D.C. and coordinated the first arrest
in U.S. history of a laboratory animal scientist on animal
cruelty charges. She spearheaded the closure of a Department
of Defense underground "wound laboratory," and has initiated
many other campaigns against animal abuse, including ending
General Motors' crash tests on animals.
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