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Alene Anello, founder and president of Legal Impact for Chickens

By | March 8, 2023 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Educators, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Investigations, Legislation, Operations, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Alene Anello–founder and president of Legal Impact for Chickens (LIC), a nonprofit dedicated to bringing lawsuits that benefit chickens—recalls growing up in a family with plenty of animals, mostly dogs. Read more…

Dr. Dani McVety, co-founder of Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice

By | July 21, 2021 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Educators, Investigations, Mammals, Veterinarians | No comments

Dr. Dani McVety—the veterinarian, and Tampa native, who co-founded Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice in 2009—recounts the circumstances behind launching what has since become the nation’s largest network dedicated to end of life veterinary care, operating in 36 states. Read more…

Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder & president of PETA

By | January 29, 2020 | Advocates, Authors, Cats, Cetaceans, Dogs, Factory Farming, General, Investigations, Legislation, Primates | No comments

Ingrid Newkirk—the co-founder and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), and co-author (with Gene Stone) of “animalkind: Remarkable Discoveries about Animals and Revolutionary New Ways to Show Them Compassion”—recalls how she decided on the book’s format. Read more…

Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone contributing editor

By | January 11, 2017 | Authors, Dogs, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Investigations, Operations | No comments

Paul Solotaroff—Rolling Stone contributing editor who wrote a wide-ranging, high-profile exposé about the netherworld of puppy mills in the then-new issue of the magazine—discusses how he came to write the piece, sort of goaded into it by Humane Society of The United States CEO Wayne Pacelle, after Solotaroff completed another Rolling Stone investigative opus about factory farming. Read more…

Nathan Runkle, founder of Mercy For Animals…Plus, Joan Jett!

By | April 1, 2015 | Advocates, Environmental Impact, Factory Farming, Health & Behavior, Investigations, Legislation, Operations, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Nathan Runkle—founder and president of Mercy For Animals—recounts the horrific incident (a fellow high school student that Runkle said slammed a baby piglet on a concrete floor during class) that prompted him to create the organization in 1999. Read more…

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