Activists

The concept of animal rights, or animal liberation, embraces the view that to elevate the most basic interests of human beings – such as the avoidance of pain – over the similar interests of non-human animals, on the basis of species membership alone, is a form of prejudice akin to racism or sexism. Animal rights advocates regard non-human animals as persons and members of the moral community whose interests deserve legal protection.Taylor, Angus. Animals and Ethics: An Overview of the Philosophical Debate. Broadview Press, 2003, p. 15ff.
The animal rights movement emerged in the 19th century, focused largely on opposition to vivisection, and in the 1960s the modern movement sprang up in England around the Hunt Saboteurs Association. In the 1970s, the Australian philosopher, Peter Singer, and the American philosopher, Tom Regan, began to provide the movement with its philosophical foundations. Singer argued for animal liberation on the basis of utilitarianism, first in 1973 in The New York Review of Books and later in his Animal Liberation (1975), while Regan developed a deontological theory of animal rights in several papers from 1975 onwards, followed by The Case for Animal Rights (1983).Finsen, Susan and Finsen, Lawrence. "Animal rights movement," in Marc Bekoff (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare. Greenwood, 2009.
*For more about the history of the ideas, see Kean, Hilda. Animal Rights: Political and Social Change in Britain since 1800. Reaktion Books, 1998.
*Also see:
:*Singer, Peter. "Animal liberation", The New York Review of Books, Volume 20, Number 5, 5 April 1973.
:*"Food for Thought", letter from David Rosinger and a reply from Peter Singer, The New York Review of Books, Volume 20, Number 10, 14 June 1973.
:*Singer, Peter. Animal Liberation New York Review/Random House, 1975.
:*Regan, Tom. "The Moral Basis of Vegetarianism", Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct., 1975), pp. 181-214.
:*Regan, Tom. "McCloskey on Why Animals Cannot Have Rights", The Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 104 (Jul., 1976), pp. 251-257.
:*Regan, Tom. The Case for Animal Rights. University of California Press, 1983.
A distinction persists within the movement – based on the utilitarian/deontological divide – between those who seek incremental reform, a position known as animal protectionism, and those on the abolitionist side, who argue that reform that aims to regulate, rather than abolish, the property status of animals is counter-productive.Francione, Gary L. and Garner, Robert. The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation?. Columbia University Press, 2010, p. 1ff, 103ff.
The following is a list of notable animal rights advocates from all positions within the movement, from academics to activists, listed according to their country of birth.
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Name 	Born 	Image	Country of birth	Occupation 	Source
Carol J. Adams 	1951 	 	US 	Eco-feminist writer, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat (1990) 	Adams, Carol J. The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory. Continuum, 1990.
*Adams, Carol J. Neither Man nor Beast: Feminism and the Defense of Animals. Continuum, 1994.
Bryan Adams 	1959 	 	Canada 	Musician, campaigner for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 	"Bryan Adams on Animal Rights and Being Vegan", PETA, accessed 3 June 2012.
Douglas Adams 	1952–2001	 	UK 	Writer, campaigner for the Great Ape Project 	Barnett, David. "So long, Douglas Adams, and thanks for all the books", The Guardian, 11 May 2011.
Casey Affleck 	1975 	 	US 	Actor, animal rights activist 	
Cleveland Amory 	1917–1998	 	US 	Founder of the Fund for Animals, president of the New England Anti-Vivisection Society 	Greenwald, Marilyn S. Cleveland Amory: Media Curmudgeon & Animal Rights Crusader. University Press of New England, 2009.
Pamela Anderson 	1967 	 	US 	Model, campaigner for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 	"Anderson saves stray from life on the streets", Toronto Sun, 15 May 2012.
Michael Aufhauser 	1952 	 	Germany 	Founder of Gut Aiderbichl, an animal sanctuary 	Aufhauser, Michael. Happy End for Rescued Dogs. teNeues, 2008.
*Pidd, Helen. "Yvonne the cow still on the run in Germany, but field of clues is found", The Guardian, 24 August 2011.
*"Gut Aiderbichl", accessed 2 June 2012.
Greg Avery 	1963 	 	UK 	Co-founder of the Consort beagles, Hillgrove cats, and SHAC campaigns 	Boggan, Steve. "Money talks", The Guardian, 1 June 2006.
Alex Baldwin 	1958 	 	US 	Actor, narrator of Meet Your Meat (2002) 	"Alec Baldwin to receive award at PETA gala, USA Today, 22 August 2005.
*Weir, Tom. "Alec Baldwin says your butcher is just as bad as Vick", USA Today, 19 August 2009.
Matt Ball 	 	 	US 	Executive director of Vegan Outreach, co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook (2009) 	Ball, Matt. "Living and working in defense of animals," in Peter Singer (ed). In Defense Of Animals: The Second Wave. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2006.
Martin Balluch 	1954 	 	Austria 	Co-founder of Vegane Gesellschaft Österreich, president of Verein Gegen Tierfabriken 	Balluch, Martin. "How Austria Achieved a Historic Breakthrough for Animals," in Peter Singer (ed). In Defense Of Animals: The Second Wave. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2006.
David Barbarash 	 	 	Canada 	Former spokesperson for the North American Animal Liberation Press Office 	"Interview with A.L.F. Press Officer David Barbarash", No Compromise, Issue 17, accessed 21 May 2012.
Neal Barnard 	 	 	US 	President of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine 	Wadman, Meredith. "Profile: Neal Barnard", Nature, 1 June 2006.
Shane and Sia Barbi 	1963 	 	US 	Models 	"The Barbi Twins Make a Bold Statement for Animal Rights", Extra TV, 9 May 2010.
Brigitte Bardot 	1934 	 	France 	Former model, animal rights activist, founder of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation 	Singer, Barnett. Brigitte Bardot: A Biography. McFarland, 2006, p. 109 ff.
*"Fondation Brigitte Bardot", accessed 23 May 2012.
Kim Basinger 	1953 	 	US 	Actress, model, animal rights activist 	"Basinger is denied beagles", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 July 1997.
Gene Baur 	 	 	US 	Founder of Farm Sanctuary 	Jones, Maggie. "The Barnyard Strategist", The New York Times, 24 October 2008, p. 2/5.
Tom Beauchamp 	 	 	US 	Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University, co-author of The Human Use of Animals (1998) 	"Tom Beauchamp - "Rights Theory and Animal Rights", Department of Philosophy, University of Calgary, accessed 5 June 2012.
Marc Bekoff 	1945 	 	US 	Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, co-founder with Jane Goodall of Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 	Callahan, Sharon. "Interview with Marc Bekoff", Anaflora, accessed 1 June 2012.
*"About the author", literati.net/Bekoff, accessed 2 June 2012.
Jeremy Bentham 	1748–1832	 	UK 	Philosopher, author of the oft-quoted "The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?" 	Sunstein, Cass R. "Introduction: What are Animal Rights?," in Sunstein, Cass R. and Nussbaum, Martha (ed.). Animal rights. Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 3–4; also see Francione, Gary. "Animals—Property or Persons"], p. 139, footnote 78, in the same volume.
*For the quote, see Regan, Tom. The Case for Animal Rights. University of California Press, 1983, p. 95.
Steven Best 	1955 	 	US 	Philosopher, former Animal Liberation Press Office spokesperson 	Smallwood, Scott. "Britain Bans American Professor Who Speaks on Behalf of Animal Liberation Front", The Chronicle of Higher Education, 29 August 2005.
Brigid Brophy 	1929–1995	 	UK 	Writer, author of an influential article, "The Rights of Animals," in The Sunday Times, London, 1965. 	Brophy, Brigid. "The Rights on Animals," The Sunday Times, 10 October 1965; reprinted in Brophy, Brigid. Don't Never Forget. Cape, 1966.
*Ryder, Richard. Animal Revolution: Changing Attitudes Towards Speciesism. Berg, 2000, p. 5.
Mel Broughton 	1960 	 	UK 	Co-founder of the SPEAK campaign 	Dear, Paula. "Anatomy of an animal rights protest", BBC News, 5 October 2004.
Ned Buyukmihci 	 	 	UK 	Doctor of veterinary medicine, founder of Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights 	Guither, Harold D. Animal Rights: History and Scope of a Radical Social Movement. SIU Press, 1998, p. 128.
Paola Cavalieri 	 	 	Italy 	Philosopher, campaigner for the Great Ape Project 	Cavalieri, Paola and Singer, Peter (eds). The Great Ape Project: Equality Beyond Humanity. St. Martin's Press, 1994.
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne	1623–1673	 	UK 	Writer, anti-vivisectionist 	Shevelow, Kathryn. For the Love of Animals: The Rise of the Animal Protection Movement. Henry Holt and Company, 2008, p. 17ff.
Cesar Chavez 	1927–1993	 	US 	Co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association 	Puskar-Pasewicz, Margaret. Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism. Greenwood, 2010, p. 254.
Alan Clark 	1928–1999	 	UK 	Conservative Member of Parliament (1974–1992) 	Lyall, Sarah. "Alan Clark, a British Scold, Is Dead at 71", The New York Times, 8 September 1999.
Stephen R. L. Clark 	1945 	 	UK 	Professor of philosophy at the University of Liverpool (1984–2009), author of The Moral Status of Animals (1977) 	Clark, Stephen R.L. The Moral Status of Animals. Oxford University Press, 1977.
*Clark, Stephen R.L. The Nature of the Beast. Oxford University Press, 1982.
*Clark, Stephen R.L. Animals and their Moral Standing. Routledge, 1997.
Jean Clemens 	1880–1909	 	US 	Daughter of Mark Twain 	Camfield, Greg. The Oxford Companion to Mark Twain. Oxford University Press, 2003, p. 99.
Frances Power Cobbe 	1822–1904	 	UK 	Founder of the National Anti-Vivisection Society and the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection 	Buettinger, Craig. "Women and antivivisection in late nineteenth century America", Journal of Social History, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Summer, 1997), pp. 857–872.
J. M. Coetzee 	1940 	100px	South Africa 	Novelist, recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature, author of The Lives of Animals (1999) 	Coetzee, J. M. "Animals can't speak for themselves — it's up to us to do it", The Age, 22 February 2007.
Priscilla Cohn 	 	 	US 	Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University, associate director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics 	"Associate Director", Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, accessed 28 May 2012.
*"Transcript of Prof. Priscilla Cohn's Live ARZone Guest Chat", Animal Rights Zone, 17 December 2011.
Rod Coronado 	1966 	 	US 	Animal rights activist, formerly for the ALF, Earth First!, and ELF 	"The Satya Interview: Freedom from the Cages", accessed 20 May 2012.
James Cromwell 	1940 	 	US 	Actor, played the voice of the farmer in Babe (1995) 	Falcon, Mike and Shoop, Stephen A. "James Cromwell sows a meatless message", USA Today, 2008, accessed 3 June 2012.
Karen Davis 	 	 	US 	President of United Poultry Concerns, author of The Holocaust and the Henmaid's Tale (2005) 	Davis, Karen. The Holocaust and the Henmaid's Tale: A Case for Comparing Atrocities. Lantern Books, 2005.
David DeGrazia 	 	 	US 	Professor of Philosophy at George Washington University, author of Taking Animals Seriously (1996) 	DeGrazia, David. Taking Animals Seriously: Mental Life and Moral Status. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Chris DeRose 	1948 	 	US 	Founder of Last Chance for Animals 	Lee, Felicia R. "How Dogs Are Abused in a Scheme for Profit", The New York Times, 26 February 2006, p. 2.
Rukmini Devi 	1904–1986	 	India 	Dancer, founder of the Animal Welfare Board of India 	"Remembering Rukmini Devi", The Hindu, 23 February 2004.
Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton 	1878–1951	 	UK 	Co-founder of the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society 	Rappaport, Helen. "Lind-af-Hageby, Louise", Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers, Volume 1, ABC-CLIO, 2001.
Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding 	1882–1970	 	UK 	Commander of RAF Fighter Command, president of the National Anti-Vivisection Society 	"The Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research", ldf.org.uk, accessed 2 June 2012.
Muriel Dowding, Baroness Dowding 	1908–1981	 	UK 	Founder of Beauty Without Cruelty 	Linzey, Andrew. "Dowding, Lady Muriel," in Marc Bekoff (ed.). Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare. Greenwood, 1998, p. 139.
Joan Dunayer 	 	 	US 	Author of Animal Equality (2001) and Speciesism (2004) 	Dunayer, Joan. Animal Equality : Language and Liberation. Ryce Pub, 2001.
John Feldman 	1967 	 	US 	Musician, appeared in Behind the Mask (2006) 	Lee, Felicia R. "How Dogs Are Abused in a Scheme for Profit", The New York Times, 26 February 2006, p. 2.
Roger Fouts 	1943 	 	US 	Primate researcher known for his work with Washoe the chimpanzee, adviser to the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics 	"Frequently Asked Questions", The Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute, accessed 25 May 2012: "By any reasonable definition chimpanzees should be categorized as a people."
*Fouts, Roger and Mills, Stephen Tukel. Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees. Morrow, William, & Co., Inc., 1997.
*Blum, Deborah. "All in the Family", New Yorker, 12 October 1997.
Gary Francione 	1951 	 	US 	Distinguished Professor of Law and Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Scholar of Law & Philosophy at Rutgers School of Law-Newark, leading abolitionist, author of Animals, Property, and the Law (2005)	Francione, Gary. Animals, Property, and the Law . Temple University Press, 2005.
*Francione, Gary, and Garner, Robert. 'The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation? Columbia University Press, 2010.
Lawrence Finsen 	 	 	US 	Professor of philosophy at University of Redlands, co-author of The Animal Rights Movement in America (1994) 	Rollin, Bernard E. "Ethics, animal welfare and ACUCs," in John P. Gluck, Tony DiPasquale, F. Barbara Orlans. Applied Ethics in Animal Research. Purdue University Press, 2002, p. 114.
Bruce Friedrich 	1969 	 	US 	Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives, Farm Sanctuary 	Heffern, Rich. "Bruce Friedrich: Advent and factory farms", National Catholic Reporter, 20 May 2012.
Maneka Gandhi 	1956 	 	India 	Politician, founder of People for Animals 	Sengupta, Somini. "Indian Scion Speaks Out, and Uproar Follows Him", The New York Times, 2 April 2009.
Robert Garner 	 	 	UK 	Professor of political theory at the University of Leicester; co-author of The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation? (2010) 	Garner, Robert and Francione, Gary. The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation?. Columbia University Press, 2010.
Juliet Gellatley 	 	 	UK 	Founder and director of Viva! 	"The green room: Juliet Gellatley, animal rights advocate", The Guardian, January 3, 2008.
Antoine Goetschel 	1958 	 	Switzerland 	Lawyer, animal advocate for the canton of Zurich 	Hickman, Leo. "The lawyer who defends animals", The Guardian, 5 March 2010.
Celia Hammond 	 	 	UK 	Former model, founder of the Celia Hammond Animal Trust 	"About Celia Hammond", Celia Hammond Animal Trust, accessed 23 May 2012.
Lizzy Lind af Hageby 	1878–1963	 	Sweden 	Founder of the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society, known for the Brown Dog affair 	Gålmark, Lisa (2000). "Women Antivivisectionists, The Story of Lizzy Lind af Hageby and Leisa Schartau," in Animal Issues, Vol 4, No 2, pp. 1–32.
*Kean, Hilda (1995). "The 'Smooth Cool Men of Science': The Feminist and Socialist Response to Vivisection", History Workshop Journal, 40: 16–38.
*Lansbury, Coral (1985). The Old Brown Dog: Women, Workers, and Vivisection in Edwardian England. University of Wisconsin Press.
Lee Hall 	ca. 1961 	 	US 	Lawyer, legal director of Friends of Animals 	Hall, Lee. On Their Own Terms: Bringing Animal-Rights Philosophy Down to Earth. Nectar Bat Press, 2010.
*"Where Animal Rights Can Go From Here: A Dialogue Between the Abolitionist Online and Lee Hall", Abolitionist Online, February 2008.
Barry Horne 	1952–2001	 	UK 	Animal rights activist, hunger striker 	"Barry Horne: The background", BBC News, 11 March 2003.
*Hall, Sarah. "Animal activists mourn their martyr", The Guardian, 6 November 2001.
Chrissie Hynde 	1951 	 	US 	Singer-songwriter 	"Chrissie Hynde", Viva!, accessed 20 May 2012.
V. R. Krishna Iyer 	1915 	 	India 	Former judge of the Supreme Court of India 	Iyer, V. R. Krishna. Wandering in Many Worlds: An Autobiography. Pearson Education India, 2009, p. 85.
Roberta Kalechofsky 	1931 	 	US 	Writer, author of Animal Suffering and the Holocaust: The Problem with Comparisons (2003) 	Kalechofsky, Roberta. Autobiography of A Revolutionary: Essays on My Life as an Animal Rights Activist. Micah Publications, 1991.
Shannon Keith 	 	 	US 	Animal rights lawyer, director of Behind the Mask (2006) 	"Shannon Keith interview", Animal Liberation Front.com, accessed 20 May 2012.
Anna Kingsford 	1846–1888	 	UK 	Physician, anti-vivisectionist, author of The Perfect Way in Diet (1881) 	Lansbury, Coral. The Old Brown Dog: Women, Workers, and Vivisection in Edwardian England. University of Wisconsin Press, 1985, p. 91ff.
Marti Kheel 	1948–2011	 	US 	Ecofeminist writer, founder of Feminists for Animal Rights 	"Vegetarianism and Ecofeminism: Toppling Patriarchy with a Fork", in Sapontzis, Steve F. (ed). Food for Thought: The Debate Over Eating Meat. Prometheus Books, 2004.
Niko Koffeman 	1958 	 	Netherlands 	Senator, Party for the Animals 	Ross, Kate. "Soy Substitute Edges Its Way Into European Meals", The New York Times, 16 November 2011.
Dennis Kucinich 	1946 	 	US 	Congressman 	"Animal rights", United States House of Representatives, accessed 4 June 2012.
Elizabeth Kucinich 	1977 	 	UK 	Director of public affairs for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine 	"Mrs. K wants to give the big apes a break", The Washington Post, 29 October 2009.
Carla Lane 	1928 	 	UK 	Television scriptwriter, ran Animaline animal sanctuary 	Ellen, Barbara. "Going to a good home", The Observer, 16 November 2008.
k.d. lang 	1961 	 	Canada 	Musician 	Vaziri, Aidin. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/14/PKJH1D9OAS.DTL "K.d. lang"], San Francisco Chronicle, 16 May 2010.
Gill Langley 	1952 	 	UK 	Scientist, campaigner against the use of animals in research 	Tatchell, Peter. Animal research is poor science, interview with Gill Langley, Talking with Tatchell, accessed 20 May 2012.
Ronnie Lee 	1951 	 	UK 	Founder of the Animal Liberation Front 	"Transcript of Ronnie Lee's Live Chat", Animal Rights Zone, 27 March 2010.
Bob Linden 	 	 	US 	Host of Go Vegan Radio 	"Transcript of Bob Linden's ARZone Guest Chat ~ 23/24 October 2010", Animal Rights Zone, 23 October 2010.
Ludvig Lindström 	1975 	 	Sweden 	Animal rights activist, founder of Global Happiness Organization 	"History", Global Happiness Organization, 23 May 2012.
*"Swedes strip off over 'cruel' Aussie wool", The Local, 18 September 2007.
Andrew Linzey 	1951 	 	UK 	Theologian, founder of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics 	Linzey, Andrew. Animal Rights: A Christian Perspective. SCM Press, 1976.
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Linda McCartney 	1941–1998	 	US 	Photographer, musician, founder of Linda McCartney Foods 	Slater, Nigel. "When the McCartneys came for lunch", The Guardian, 29 April 2007.
Mary McCartney 	1969 	 	UK 	Photographer, has taken photographs for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 	"Mary McCartney Jamelia Ad", PETA, accessed 30 May 2012.
Paul McCartney 	1942 	 	UK 	Musician, campaigner for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 	"Sir Paul McCartney and PETA VP Dan Mathews Reflect on Two Decades of Activism", PETA, accessed 20 May 2012.
Stella McCartney 	1971 	 	UK 	Designer, campaigner for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 	
Melody MacDonald 	 	 	UK 	Animal rights activist, author of Caught in the Act: The Feldberg Investigation (1994) 	MacDonald, Melody. Caught in the Act: The Feldberg Investigation. Jon Carpenter, 1994.
Colin McGinn 	1950 	 	UK 	Professor of philosopher, University of Miami 	McGinn, Colin. "Eating animals is wrong", London Review of Books, 24 January 1991.
Bill Maher 	 	 	US 	Comedian, board director of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 	Booth, William. "A Real Live Wire; Enjoying a Long Run On HBO, Bill Maher Could Go On Zinging," The Washington Post, 9 March 2007.
Keith Mann 	 	 	UK 	Animal rights activist, author of From Dusk 'til Dawn: An Insider's View of the Growth of the Animal Liberation Movement (2007) 	Mann, Keith. From Dusk 'til Dawn: An Insider's View of the Growth of the Animal Liberation Movement. Puppy Pincher Press, 2007.
Dan Mathews 	 	 	US 	Senior Vice-President of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 	Brockes, Emma. "Dan Mathews of Peta: 'I've always been drawn to extremes'", The Guardian, 28 May 2009.
Lea Michele 	 	 	US 	Actress, campaigner for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 	"Lea Michele And Alec Baldwin Team Up For The Animals", Radar, 1 September 2010.
Moby 	 	 	US 	Musician, DJ, released Animal Rights (1996) 	Ali, Lorraine. "Moby: Animal rights", Rolling Stone, 23 January 1997.
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Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson 	1941 	 	US 	Former psychoanalyst, author of When Elephants Weep (1995) 	Konigsberg, Eric. "A Man With Opinions on Food With a Face", The New York Times, 14 April 2009.
Mary Midgley 	1919 	 	UK 	Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Newcastle University (retired), author of Animals And Why They Matter (1983) 	Midgley, Mary. Beast and Man: The Roots of Human Nature. Routledge, 1978.
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Heather Mills 	1968 	 	UK 	Campaigner for Viva! 	"AR2008 Report", Animal Rights National Conference, accessed 20 May 2012.
Shaun Monson 	1958 	 	US 	Director of Earthlings (2005) 	Monson, Shaun. Earthlings, 2005.
José Ferrater Mora 	1912-1991	 	Spain 	Philosopher, honoured by the Ferrater Mora Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics 	"José Ferrater Mora", Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, accessed 26 May 2010.
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Jesús Mosterín 	1941 	 	Spain 	Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of Barcelona, honorary president of the Spanish Great Ape Project 	Bailey, Cathryn. "Africa Begins at the Pyrenees": Moral Outrage, Hypocrisy, and the Spanish Bullfight", Ethics & the Environment, Volume 12, Number 1, Spring 2007, pp. 23-37.
Ingrid Newkirk 	1949 	 	UK 	Co-founder and President of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 	Murray, L. "Ingrid Newkirk", Encyclopaedia Britannica Advocacy for Animals, 30 April 207.
David Nibert 	 	 	US 	Abolitionist, Professor of Sociology at Wittenberg University 	"Dr. Dave Nibert", University of Wittenberg, accessed 2 June 2012.
Heather Nicholson 	1967 	 	UK 	Co-founder of the Consort beagles, Hillgrove cats, and SHAC campaigns 	"To her detractors, she is a merciless rabble-rouser. To her admirers, she's a selfless saviour of innocent animals", The Independent, 24 October 1999.
Martha Nussbaum 	1947 	 	US 	Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago 	Nussbaum, Martha. Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership. Harvard University Press, 2006.
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Bernard Rollin 	 	 	US 	Professor of philosophy, animal sciences, and biomedical sciences at Colorado State University 	Rollin, Bernard E. Animal Rights & Human Morality. Prometheus Books, 2006.
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==See also==
*List of animal advocacy parties
*List of animal rights groups
*List of vegans
*List of vegetarians
==Notes==
==Further reading==
*Beauchamp, Tom and Frey, R.G. (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Animal Ethics. Oxford University Press, 2011.
*Bekoff, Marc (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare. Greenwood, 2009.
*Linzey, Andrew (ed.). Animal Encyclopedia. University of Princeton Press (forthcoming).
*Linzey, Andrew (ed.). The Global Guide to Animal Protection. University of Illinois Press (forthcoming).
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