Meet Ingrid Newkirk, Tracy Reiman, and all of PETA's leadership staff, who work hard to prove that animals deserve rights.

Ingrid Elizabeth Newkirk (née Ward; born June 11, 1949) is a British-American animal activist, author and the president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world's largest animal rights organization.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA; / ˈ p iː t ə / PEE-tə) is an American animal rights nonprofit organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president.

Jeanne Roush started PETA’s Investigations Department in 1986 (which includes our undercover work) and then became PETA’s Executive Director in 1993, a position she held until our move to Norfolk. Since that time, she has worked at a health-related social services agency in suburban, VA, outside Washington, D.C.

Since founding PETA, president Ingrid Newkirk has grown the group into the world's largest animal rights organization. Her passion and dedication to making this world a better place for all living beings has inspired countless others to do what they can to help animals.

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Jan 18, 2025 · Discover everything about PETA CEO Ingrid Newkirk's salary, her role in the organization, and how PETA allocates donations to support animal rights.

Nov 2, 2021 · Baltimore – Johns Hopkins University (JHU) experimenter Shreesh Mysore conducted invasive brain experiments on owls without valid permits for four years, and is still conducting these needlessly invasive experiments, so tomorrow, PETA is sending letters to government bodies demanding accountability.

Unnecessary Fuss is a film produced by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), showing footage shot inside the University of Pennsylvania's Head Injury Clinic in Philadelphia. The raw footage was recorded by the laboratory researchers as they inflicted brain damage to baboons using a hydraulic device.

Oct 7, 2021 · An August 31 report reveals that Abattoir Associates workers repeatedly shot animals in the head five times during the month of August alone. In one of those incidents, a worker shot a pig twice with a handgun and then exited the kill floor.