Ingrid Newkirk is one of the most popular and richest Animal Rights Advocate who was born on June 11, 1949 in England, United Kingdom. Famous as the co-founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Newkirk was instrumental in securing a 1985 amendment to the United States’ Animal Welfare Act.
She and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder Paul Watson both had high-profile careers as animal rights activists.
She was raised in England as the daughter of a charity worker mother and an engineer father. After moving to the United States in her late teens, she began a decade-long marriage to Steve Newkirk.
