Ingrid Newkirk - Definition and Overview

Ingrid Newkirk is the co-founder and current president of PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization. Her books include Free the Animals, You Can Save the Animals, 250 Things You Can Do to Make Your Cat Adore You, The Compassionate Cook, The PETA Celebrity Vegan Cookbook, and Kids Can Save the Animals.

Newkirk was born in England on July 11, 1949. She grew up in New Delhi, India, served as a Maryland state humane officer for 25 years, and later became Chief of Animal Disease Control for the Commission on Public Health in the District of Columbia. She founded PETA in 1980.

Quotation

Even if animal tests produced a cure for AIDS, we’d be against it. -- in Vogue, 1 September 1989

Reference

• Ingrid Newkirk biography (http://www.ingridnewkirk.com/ingrid-bio.asp)
• PETA timeline (http://www.rotten.com/library/culture/peta/)