Ingrid Newkirk Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Ingrid Newkirk (born June 11, 1949) is an English-born British/American animal rights activist and the president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world's largest animal rights organization. She is the author of several books, including Making Kind Choices (2005) and The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights – Simple Acts of Kindness to Help Animals in Trouble (2009).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 create the first spay/neuter clinic in Washington, D.C., as well as an adoption program and the public funding of veterinary services, leading her to be among those chosen in 1980 as Washingtonians of the Year.Newkirk founded PETA in March 1980 with fellow animal rights activist Alex Pacheco. They came to public attention in 1981, during what became known as the Silver Spring monkeys case, when Pacheco photographed 17 macaque monkeys being experimented on inside the Institute of Behavioral Research in Silver Spring, Maryland. The case led to the first police raid in the United States on an animal research laboratory, and an amendment in 1985 to the Animal Welfare Act. Since then, Newkirk has led campaigns to stop the use of animals in crash tests, has convinced companies to stop testing cosmetics on animals and to press for higher welfare standards from the meat industry, and has organized undercover investigations that have led to government sanctions against companies, universities, and entertainers who use animals. She is known in particular for the media stunts she organizes to draw attention to animal protection issues. In her will, for example, she has asked that her skin be turned into wallets, her feet into umbrella stands, and her flesh into "Newkirk Nuggets", then grilled on a barbecue. "We are complete press sluts", she told The New Yorker in 2003. "It is our obligation."Although PETA takes a gradualist approach to improving animal welfare, Newkirk remains committed to ending animal use, and the idea that, as PETA's slogan says, "animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment." Some animal rights abolitionists, most notably Gary Francione, have criticized PETA for this position, calling them the "new welfarists". Newkirk has also been criticized for her support of actions carried out in the name of the Animal Liberation Front. Her position is that the animal rights movement is a revolutionary one, and that "[t]hinkers may prepare revolutions, but bandits must carry them out."
Net Worth
$1.4 Million
Date Of Birth
June 11, 1949
Place Of Birth
England, UK
Occupation
President of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Profession
Director, Writer
Residence
Virginia, United States
Religion
none
Spouse
Steve Newkirk
Nicknames
Ingrid Newkirk, Newkirk, Ingrid
Star Sign
Gemini
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Quote
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Even if animal research resulted in a cure for AIDS, we'd be against it.
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[on how she relaxes] I have to think of the positive; that's how I cope. But I like a good London Times crossword and a cup of tea - that makes me happy. And I love walking someone else's dog. I don't have the luxury of having a dog myself because I travel too much, but I love walking and cuddling somebody else's dog. I just came back from the shelter today and they let me walk three dogs at lunchtime. It was great.
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Fact
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President of the international non-profit organization PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) founded in 1980.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Unnecessary Fuss
1984
Documentary short
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Valerie X
book "Free the Animals" announced
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Animal Rights
2001
Documentary short special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bite to the Future
2017
Documentary filming
Herself
A Football Life
2016
TV Series
Herself
The 8 Secrets of How PETA Works
2014
Video documentary short
Herself (uncredited)
NIH Child Abuse: A PETA Investigation
2014
Video documentary short
Narrator
Speciesism: The Movie
2013
Documentary
Herself
State of the Earth
2011
Video documentary
Animal World
2009-2011
TV Series documentary
Herself - Host
Global Warming: Yes, There Is a Solution!
2009
Documentary
Herself
Blinders: The Truth Behind the Tradition
2008
Documentary
Activist
The Colbert Report
2008
TV Series
Herself
I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA
2007
Documentary
Herself
Real Time with Bill Maher
2007
TV Series
Herself
Animal Warfare
2006
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Behind the Mask
2006
Documentary
Herself (president and co-founder of PETA)
Animal People: The Humane Movement in America
2006
Documentary
Herself
The O'Reilly Factor
2005
TV Series
Herself
The Daily Show
1999
TV Series
Herself
The World's Most Dangerous Animals
1996
TV Movie documentary
Herself - PETA
Born to Be Betrayed
1991
Documentary short
Herself (PETA)
Changing Minds, Changing Times
1991
Documentary short
Herself
West 57th
1987
TV Series documentary
Herself
Breaking Barriers
1986
TV Short documentary
Narrator (voice)
Unnecessary Fuss
1984
Documentary short
Narrator
Archive Footage
Known for movies
The World's Most Dangerous Animals (1996) as Herself - PETA
Speciesism: The Movie (2013) as Herself
Unnecessary Fuss (1984) as Director
I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA (2007) as Herself
