• Free The Animals: PETA President Ingrid Newkirk Speaks on Decades of Animal Activism

  • Jun 21 2022
  • Length: Less than 1 minute
  • Podcast

Free The Animals: PETA President Ingrid Newkirk Speaks on Decades of Animal Activism

  • Summary

  • Referred to as the “Queen of the Animal Rights Movement” by Rich Roll, PETA co-founder and bestselling author Ingrid Newkirk joins Kathy on the podcast this week to talk about the 30th anniversary edition of her landmark novel, Free The Animals: The Amazing, True Story of the Animal Liberation Front in North America. In this incredible episode, Kathy and Ingrid will talk about:

    • How Ingrid responds to criticism about PETA’s more “controversial” protest tactics
    • Free The Animals unique story as a fictional novel “completely based on fact” from the early days of the animal rights movement
    • The role of the Animal Liberation Front in PETA’s early days in the 1980s, and the widespread misunderstanding the ALF faced from the government and the media
    • The Research Modernization Deal, a fully constructed proposal from PETA to create animal-free testing in the United States
    • The story of Britches, a monkey who was rescued from horrific lab testing and eventually found a happily ever after with a surrogate mother 
    • The exciting news that animal activist and Oscar-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix acquiring the film rights for the book

    Find Free The Animals anywhere books are sold!

    • Amazon
    • Barnes & Noble
    • Bookshop

    To find cruelty-free products and services online, check out PETA’s links here:

    • Bunny Free App
    • Beauty Without Bunnies Database

    Follow PETA on all social media:

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • TikTok
    • Twitter
    • LinkedIn

    Connect with Kathy Stevens:

    • Facebook: Kathy Stevens, Catskill Animal Sanctuary
    • Twitter: @CASanctuary
    • Book: Where the Blind Horse Sings
    • Website: CASanctuary.org
    • Instagram: @catskill_animal_sanctuary
    • YouTube: Catskill Animal Sanctuary
    • TikTok: @CASanctuary
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