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'''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''. Her latest book, ''Making Kind Choices'' is foreworded by [[Sir Paul McCartney]].

'''Ingrid Newkirk''' (born [[July 11]], [[1949]]) is a British-born [[animal rights]] activist, author, and the president of [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]] (PETA), the world's largest animal rights organization.

Her books include ''Free the Animals'', ''You Can Save the Animals'', and ''Making Kind Choices'', which has a foreword by [[Paul McCartney]].

Newkirk was born in [[England]] on [[July 11]], [[1949]] and grew up in [[New Delhi]], India. In the [[1970s]], Newkirk worked for Montgomery County ([[Maryland]]), and then for the [[District of Columbia]], as an animal protection officer and deputy sheriff, before becoming DC’s first female [[poundmaster]] in [[1978]]. She co-founded PETA in [[1980]] with established animal-rights activist [[Alex_Pacheco_(activist)|Alex Pacheco]].

==Triva==

*When a guest on [[Dennis Prager]]'s radio show, Ms. Newkirk was asked by the host if she considered the slaughter of animals for human consumption to be morally equivalent to the [[Holocaust]]. Her answer was yes, she did.

Newkirk was born in [[England]] on [[July 11]], [[1949]] and grew up in [[New Delhi]], India. In the [[1970s]], Newkirkshe worked for Montgomery County, ([[Maryland]]), and then for the [[District of Columbia]], as an animal protection officer and deputy sheriff, before becoming DC’s first female [[poundmaster]] in [[1978]]. She co-founded PETA in [[1980]] with established animal-rights activist [[Alex_Pacheco_(activist)|Alex Pacheco]].

She co-founded PETA in 1980 with animal-rights activist [[Alex_Pacheco (activist)|Alex Pacheco]].

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==ReferenceReferences==

*[http://www.ingridnewkirk.com/ Ingrid Newkirk's website]

*[http://www.peta.org/ PETA website]