Ingrid Newkirk
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Ingrid Newkirk is the co-founder and current president of PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization.
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- Looking out for you baby or friend is easy. The test of moral fiber is to stick up for those you relate to least, those you understand minimally, and those you do not think are not that much like you.
- Keynote address at the 2002 Animal Rights confrence
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- Ingrid Newkirk has emerged as one of the shining lights of the animal rights movement. Through the use of shock tactics and a continuing series of controversial media campaigns, Newkirk and PETA have been able to effect change. PETA continues to be one of the most visible animal rights organizations in the world.
- Mirror
- Ingrid Newkirk writes as she lives-with integrity, conviction, courage, and humor.
- Rue McClanahan
- Fast-food chains, clothing Designers, and even U.S. presidential candidates know the bitterness of the long-hard P.R. winter that is a Newkirk directed campaign. McDonald’s, General Motors, Calvin Klein, and most recently, Burger King have all buckled under the strain in one way or another.
- Salon.com, April 30, 2001
- Ingrid Newkirk is not only a thoughtful animal rights and environmental activist. She is an inspirational leader. A heroine. A woman upon whom so many depend, around the world, for information and guidance. In a world where all animals, everywhere , are more threatened than ever, Ingrid Newkirk is their champion.
- Alec Baldwin
