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Is humanity capable of separating itself from speciesism? Could a dyed-in-the-wool meat-lover be persuaded to resist their favorite cut of meat or never again buy leather shoes?
You can learn the answers to these and other important animal rights questions from PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. She recently sat down for an interview with BBC World Service’s HARDtalk, in which she revealed whether she thinks humans will ever go “animal-free.”
You can also listen to the interview on Spotify.
Ingrid Newkirk’s most passionate cause is animal rights, and her battlefield covers pretty much every aspect of human life on Earth. [She] has spent five decades on the front line of the fight for animal rights, which has pitted her against powerful forces in the food industry, fashion, experimentation, and more.”
—Stephen Sackur
Have Questions About PETA’s Tactics? Listen In!
How far would PETA go to achieve its goals? Would it use violence? Why does PETA show the female body in some of its “sensational stunts”? What’s really so extreme about the largest animal rights organization in the world?
“For decades, PETA activists have been taking high-profile, direct action against businesses, farms, laboratories—identified as the worst culprits in the systemic abuse of animal rights. They’ve used sensational stunts to garner worldwide media attention, and they have scored some significant victories when it comes to animal testing and the use of fur in fashion. But still, the systemic human exploitation of animals continues. Is PETA engaged in an unwinnable war?”
Want to Learn More About PETA?
The PETA Podcast gives you behind-the-scenes access to the world’s largest animal rights organization’s philosophy, current initiatives, victories over animal abuse, ideas for a more humane world, and everything else that makes PETA sometimes controversial, always effective, and impossible to ignore:
