Animalkind: Remarkable Discoveries about Animals and Revolutionary New Ways to Show Them Compassion

Ingrid Elizabeth Newkirk is a British animal welfarist and the president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world's largest animal rights organization. She will discuss her new book, “Animalkind: Remarkable Discoveries about Animals and Revolutionary New Ways to Show Them Compassion. She is the author of several books, including The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights: Simple Acts of Kindness to Help Animals in Trouble(2009) and Animalkind: Remarkable Discoveries About Animals and Revolutionary New Ways to Show Them Compassion (2020). Newkirk has worked for the animal-protection movement since 1972.  Since she founded PETA in 1980, 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