She became an animal-protection officer for Montgomery County, Maryland, and then the District of Columbia's first woman poundmaster. She moved to the United States as a teenager, first studying to become a stockbroker, but after taking some abandoned kittens to an animal shelter in 1969 and being appalled by the conditions that she found there, she chose a career in animal protection instead. Newkirk, now an atheist, was educated in a convent, the only British girl there. Ingrid Newkirk was born in England in 1949, and raised in Hertfordshire and later New Delhi, India, where her father-a navigational engineer-was stationed. History Ingrid Newkirk Newkirk talking about herself and her legacy (11:27) Ingrid Newkirk The organization has come under scrutiny for its controversial campaigns and euthanasia use, the latter of which has resulted in legal action and a response from Virginia lawmakers.
The organization opposes factory farming, fur farming, animal testing, and other activities it considers to be exploitation of animals. PETA reports that PETA entities have more than 9 million members globally.įounded in March 1980 by Newkirk and animal rights activist Alex Pacheco, the organization first caught the public's attention in the summer of 1981 during what became known as the Silver Spring monkeys case. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ( PETA / ˈ p iː t ə/) is an American animal rights nonprofit organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president.
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