Ingrid Newkirk

Ingrid Newkirk is a British-American animal rights activist who co-founded People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and served as its longtime president.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is an animal-rights organization founded in 1980. Newkirk co-founded PETA and led it as president.
Direct action: Direct action is political action that seeks immediate change through intervention rather than relying solely on established institutions. PETA uses public interventions and campaigns to pressure institutions over animal treatment.
Animal welfare: Animal welfare concerns the treatment and well-being of animals, including under human care and use. Welfare reform can seek better treatment without rejecting all human use of animals, unlike PETA’s abolitionist position.
Animal testing: Animal testing uses nonhuman animals in experiments to study biology, assess products, or investigate disease. Opposition to animal experiments has been one of PETA’s most visible campaign areas.
Alex Pacheco: Alex Pacheco is an American animal-rights activist and co-founder of PETA. Pacheco and Newkirk founded PETA together.
Undercover investigation: An undercover investigation gathers evidence by concealing an investigator’s identity or purpose. PETA investigations have used concealed recording to publicize conditions in animal-use industries.
Animal rights: Animal rights is the view that animals have moral or legal claims that constrain how humans may treat them. Newkirk’s activism is rooted in the broader movement for animals’ moral and legal consideration.
Fur farming: Fur farming raises animals primarily for their pelts, which are used to make clothing and accessories. PETA campaigns helped make fur use a prominent target of consumer activism.
Henry Spira: Henry Spira was an American animal-rights activist known for campaigns against animal experimentation. His targeted campaigns helped shape the activism Newkirk and PETA practiced.
Media activism: Media activism uses news coverage and communication platforms to advance political or social causes. Newkirk and PETA have relied on attention-grabbing campaigns to bring animal issues into public debate.

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