Discover new books on Goodreads

See if your friends have read any of Ingrid Newkirk's books

Ingrid Newkirk’s Followers (61)

Ingrid Newkirk

Born

in The United Kingdom

June 11, 1949

Website

http://www.ingridnewkirk.com/

Twitter

IngridNewkirk

edit data

Ingrid E. Newkirk is a British animal rights activist and the president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world's largest animal rights organization. She is the author of several books, including Making Kind Choices (2005) and The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights: Simple Acts of Kindness to Help Animals in Trouble (2009). Newkirk has worked for the animal-protection movement since 1972. Under her leadership in the 1970s as the District of Columbia's first female poundmaster, legislation was passed to create the first spay/neuter clinic in Washington, D.C., as well as an adoption program and the public funding of veterinary services, leading her to be among those chosen in 1980 as Washingtonians of the Year.

Newk Ingrid E. Newkirk is a British animal rights activist and the president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world's largest animal rights organization. She is the author of several books, including Making Kind Choices (2005) and The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights: Simple Acts of Kindness to Help Animals in Trouble (2009). Newkirk has worked for the animal-protection movement since 1972. Under her leadership in the 1970s as the District of Columbia's first female poundmaster, legislation was passed to create the first spay/neuter clinic in Washington, D.C., as well as an adoption program and the public funding of veterinary services, leading her to be among those chosen in 1980 as Washingtonians of the Year.

Newkirk founded PETA in March 1980 with fellow animal rights activist Alex Pacheco. They came to public attention in 1981, during what became known as the Silver Spring monkeys case, when Pacheco photographed 17 macaque monkeys being experimented on inside the Institute of Behavioral Research in Silver Spring, Maryland. The case led to the first police raid in the United States on an animal research laboratory and to an amendment in 1985 to the Animal Welfare Act. Since then, Newkirk has led campaigns to stop the use of animals in crash tests, convinced companies to stop testing cosmetics on animals, pressed for higher welfare standards from the meat industry, and organized undercover investigations that have led to government sanctions against companies, universities, and entertainers who use animals. She is known, in particular, for the media stunts that she organizes to draw attention to animal-protection issues. In her will, for example, she has asked that her skin be turned into wallets, her feet into umbrella stands, and her flesh into "Newkirk Nuggets", then grilled on a barbecue. "We are complete press sluts", she told The New Yorker in 2003: "It is our obligation. We would be worthless if we were just polite and didn't make any waves."

Although PETA takes a gradualist approach to improving animal welfare, Newkirk remains committed to ending animal use and the idea that, as PETA's slogan says, "animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment". Some animal rights abolitionists, most notably Gary Francione, have criticized PETA, calling it and other groups "the new welfarists". Some members of the animal advocacy movement have responded that Francione's position is unnecessarily divisive. Newkirk has also been criticized for her support of actions carried out in the name of the Animal Liberation Front. Newkirk's position is that the animal rights movement is a revolutionary one and that "[t]hinkers may prepare revolutions, but bandits must carry them out". PETA itself, however, "maintains a creed of nonviolence and does not advocate actions in which anyone, human or nonhuman, is injured". Newkirk and PETA have also been criticized for euthanizing many of the animals taken into PETA's shelters, including healthy pets, and opposition to the whole notion of pets, and her position that "There's no rational basis for saying that a human being has special rights. A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy," as well as seemingly seeing eradication as a goal. PETA has responded to this line of criticism. ...more

Combine Editions
Ingrid Newkirk’s books

Average rating: 4.08 · 2,482 ratings · 445 reviews · 44 distinct works • Similar authors

	Animalkind: Remarkable Discoveries About Animals and Revolutionary New Ways to Show Them Compassion by Ingrid Newkirk, Gene Stone (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 498 ratings — published 2020 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Free the Animals: The Amazing True Story of the Animal Liberation Front by Ingrid Newkirk, Chrissie Hynde (Foreword by) 4.29 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 1992 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights: Simple Acts of Kindness to Help Animals in Trouble 4.29 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making Kind Choices: Everyday Ways to Enhance Your Life Through Earth- and Animal-Friendly Living by Ingrid Newkirk, Paul McCartney (Foreword) 3.78 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Compassionate Cook: Please Don't Eat the Animals really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Can Make a Difference: Original stories by the Dalai Lama, Paul McCartney, Willie Nelson, Dennis Kucinch, Russel Simmons, Bridgitte Bardot, Martina Narvatilova, Stella McCart 3.75 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love For Animals, Large And Small by Ingrid Newkirk, Bob Barker (Foreword by), Gloria Marconi (Illustrations) 3.86 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A World of Love for Animals 3.63 avg rating — 65 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unlock The Animal World: Incredible Facts for Young Superheroes 4.51 avg rating — 45 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Can Save the Animals: 251 Simple Ways to Stop Thoughtless Cruelty 3.96 avg rating — 48 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Ingrid Newkirk…

Quotes by Ingrid Newkirk (?)

“Who are they, & who am I, that I should live, & they should die?”
― Ingrid E. Newkirk PETA President

4 likes

“When it comes to having a central nervous system, and the ability to feel pain, hunger, and thirst, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy.”
― Ingrid Newkirk

tags: animal-rights, animals, hunger, neuroscience, pain, thirst

2 likes

“Having a purebred human baby is like having a purebred dog; it's nothing but vanity, human vanity.”
― Ingrid Newkirk

2 likes

See all Ingrid Newkirk's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
The Challenge Fac...: TCF's It's Called What??? (African version)	59	137	Dec 30, 2019 08:02PM
The Lost Challenges: Purge That Pile 2022	155	150	Mar 29, 2023 01:05PM
Nothing But Readi...: The Ultimate International Reading Challenge	48	502	May 14, 2023 01:30PM
The Lost Challenges: Bands and Books (2.0)	238	210	May 16, 2023 05:19AM
The Lost Challenges: Helen's Lost Challenges	404	56	Jan 04, 2026 06:14PM

More…

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Ingrid to Goodreads.

Ingrid Newkirk’s Followers (61)

Ingrid Newkirk

Combine EditionsIngrid Newkirk’s books

Topics Mentioning This Author

Combine Editions
Ingrid Newkirk’s books