Animal Abuse has been a problem around the world for as long as one can remember billions of defenseless animals being harmed and tortured, that has all changed when one powerful woman decided to put her foot down. Ingrid Newkirk has made a huge impact on the ethical treatment of animals as well as helped spread awareness around the world, by establishing the world’s largest animal rights activist organization PETA.
Ingrid Newkirk was born in Surrey, England where she was raised for seven years until her family moved to America. During Ingrid’s younger years in America is when she first began to volunteer, this is when she learned human and animals deserved the right to be helped. As a young adult Ingrid was studying to be a stock broker …show more content…
After this realization Ingrid and her fellow co-founder, founded now know as the world’s largest animal rights organization, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals also known as PETA, is the world’s largest animal rights organization as well the most influential. Within the first ten years of the organizations opening PETA had over 400,000 members, including some of the most well known celebrities and fashion designers. Ingrid Newkirk states that what PETA’s mission is for people to see that “Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way.” The goal of PETA is to make an impact on people and get the information out there and spread awareness so others can take part of the …show more content…
Michael Specter from the New Yorker pointed out that PETA has majority of their impact through getting attention in ways people do not like, some campaigns that got a lot of backlash would be “Got beer” which was directed at a younger group and mocking the “Got Milk” ad or “Holocaust on your Plate”. Newkirk however thinks this is what makes PETA have such a large impact and so influential it grabs people’s attention. When asked “What has been PETA’s greatest victory?” Newkirk responded “It’s probably the most intangible one, which is changing people’s outlook and putting animal rights on the map. People are afraid that if they’re doing something wrong to animals, PETA will come a-callin’.” ( 10 questions, pg2)
Ingrid Newkirk has founded an organization that shown people the importance of animal rights. Newkirk does not care about backlash against her campaigns or PETA’s beliefs she cares that people are talking about it, that animal cruelty is being discussed and shared. Ingrid Newkirk shared that she will continue to spread awareness and fight for animal rights until the animals no longer have to fight for
Ingrid Newkirk was born in Surrey, England where she was raised for seven years until her family moved to America. During Ingrid’s younger years in America is when she first began to volunteer, this is when she learned human and animals deserved the right to be helped. As a young adult Ingrid was studying to be a stock broker …show more content…
After this realization Ingrid and her fellow co-founder, founded now know as the world’s largest animal rights organization, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals also known as PETA, is the world’s largest animal rights organization as well the most influential. Within the first ten years of the organizations opening PETA had over 400,000 members, including some of the most well known celebrities and fashion designers. Ingrid Newkirk states that what PETA’s mission is for people to see that “Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way.” The goal of PETA is to make an impact on people and get the information out there and spread awareness so others can take part of the …show more content…
Michael Specter from the New Yorker pointed out that PETA has majority of their impact through getting attention in ways people do not like, some campaigns that got a lot of backlash would be “Got beer” which was directed at a younger group and mocking the “Got Milk” ad or “Holocaust on your Plate”. Newkirk however thinks this is what makes PETA have such a large impact and so influential it grabs people’s attention. When asked “What has been PETA’s greatest victory?” Newkirk responded “It’s probably the most intangible one, which is changing people’s outlook and putting animal rights on the map. People are afraid that if they’re doing something wrong to animals, PETA will come a-callin’.” ( 10 questions, pg2)
Ingrid Newkirk has founded an organization that shown people the importance of animal rights. Newkirk does not care about backlash against her campaigns or PETA’s beliefs she cares that people are talking about it, that animal cruelty is being discussed and shared. Ingrid Newkirk shared that she will continue to spread awareness and fight for animal rights until the animals no longer have to fight for