EPISODE · Jun 21, 2022
Free The Animals: PETA President Ingrid Newkirk Speaks on Decades of Animal Activism
from Herd Around the Barn · host Kathy Stevens
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 tacticsFree The Animals unique story as a fictional novel “completely based on fact” from the early days of the animal rights movementThe 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 mediaThe Research Modernization Deal, a fully constructed proposal from PETA to create animal-free testing in the United StatesThe 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 bookFind Free The Animals anywhere books are sold!AmazonBarnes & NobleBookshopTo find cruelty-free products and services online, check out PETA’s links here:Bunny Free AppBeauty Without Bunnies DatabaseFollow PETA on all social media:FacebookInstagramTikTokTwitterLinkedInConnect with Kathy Stevens:Facebook: Kathy Stevens, Catskill Animal SanctuaryTwitter: @CASanctuaryBook: Where the Blind Horse SingsWebsite: CASanctuary.orgInstagram: @catskill_animal_sanctuaryYouTube: Catskill Animal SanctuaryTikTok: @CASanctuary
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Referred to as the “Queen of the Animal Rights Movement” by Rich Roll, PETA (https://www.peta.org/) co-founder and bestselling author Ingrid Newkirk (https://www.ingridnewkirk.com/) 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 (https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/PETA-2021-Research-Modernization-Deal.pdf), 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 (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/joaquin-phoenix-vegan-free-the-animals-book-1235135638/)Find Free The Animals anywhere books are sold!* Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Free-Animals-Amazing-Liberation-Anniversary/dp/159056670X/ref=asc_df_159056670X/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=564641513751&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16479471476762451947&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004711&hvtargid=pla-1650674607093&psc=1)* Barnes & Noble (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/free-the-animals-ingrid-newkirk/1136296995)* Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/free-the-animals-the-amazing-true-story-of-the-animal-liberation-front-in-north-america-30th-anniversary-edition/9781590566701)To find cruelty-free products and services online, check out PETA’s links here:* Bunny Free App (https://www.peta.org/action/bunny-free-app/)*
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