Peter Hammarstedt was born in Sweden and raised in the United Kingdom. Peter joined the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as soon as he was old enough to submit an application. A fervent advocate for the rights of animals, Peter believes that in their capacity to suffer, animals are our equals. From the foreboding Labrador Coast [...]
Captain Paul Watson – Animal Rights Conference 2009 Keynote Speaker
August 8, 2009 By 15 Comments
Captain Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was the key note speaker at the 2009 Animal Rights Conference in Los Angeles. Paul Watson has exhibited much diversity in his activism. Aside from being a co-founder of Greenpeace in 1972 and Greenpeace International in 1979 and founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 1977, [...]
Animal Rights Conference 2009 – Sea Shepherd ociate Director Alex Earl
August 2, 2009 By 3 Comments
Welcome remarks by Sea Shepherd ociate Director Alex Earl at the Animal Rights Conference 2009 in Los Angeles with introduction by Kim McCoy. FARM presents the worlds largest and longest-running national animal rights conference! Held annually since 1981, this four-day conference serves as a forum for sharing knowledge, reporting on progress and educating. The conference [...]
Animal Rights Conference 2007 – Armaiti May
July 15, 2009 By 10 Comments
Armaiti May, DVM is an animal rights advocate and veterinarian currently practicing in Southern California. She became a vegan and activist as a student at UC Berkeley. An active officer in the campus advocacy group, Cal Vegetarians, she helped put on several vegan outreach and food giveaways. As a student at UC Davis, Armaiti helped [...]
Animal Rights Conference 2007 – Harold Brown
July 7, 2009 By 12 Comments
Harold Brown was raised on a cattle farm in Michigan and spent half of his life in agriculture. As Outreach Coordinator for Farm Sanctuary, Harold coordinates a campaign to encourage farmers to adopt sustainable farming practices, and he hosts the AskFarmerBrown.org website. He also appears in Tribe of Heart’s documentary, Peaceable Kingdom, where he tells [...]
Animal Rights Conference 2007 – Alex Pacheco
June 7, 2009 By 21 Comments
Alex Pacheco began making headlines at the age of 21 by closing down the first laboratory in the U.S. on charges of cruelty to animals. As co-founder and Chairman of PETA for 20 years, he was responsible for expanding it into the world’s most recognizable animal rights charity. To date, he has been responsible for [...]
Animal Rights Conference 2007 – Howard Lyman
May 26, 2009 By 25 Comments
Howard Lyman, known as the “Mad Cowboy,” is a former cattle rancher-turned vegan and food safety activist. In 1996, he appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show, resulting in the infamous “Veggie Libel” case brought on by Texas ranchers. He is the author of “Mad Cowboy: Plain truth from the cattle rancher who won’t eat meat” [...]