Who are the original founders of PETA? I know Ingrid Newkirk is a co-founder, but who else founded PETA? Was Peter Singer a founder?
Watch out. Every time I have mentioned that four letter word, I’ve gotten nothing but vile in responces. :rolleyes:
Heh. Yeah, that does tend to happen in the PETA threads, doesn’t it? You have my complete assurance that any person who is a member of this message board at the conclusion of this thread will have given on-topic, non-argumentative, factual answers to this question or not posted to this thread at all.
Note: If there is some controversy as to who co-founded PETA, I’m OK with that. But I’m not gonna put up with “PETA sucks” “PETA is great” stuff here.
Damn! As a n00b and a scientist who advocates the use animals in research, im bummed to have missed out on those “flame wars.” 
Boy, that didn’t take long.
The other co-founder of PETA was Alex Pacheco.
Was Bruce Friedrich also involved in setting up PETA?
Peter Singer was the author of Animal Liberation, of course, and that book had a tremendous influence on many animal rights activists, including Newkirk.
But I don’t think he had any direct role in founding PETA.
Ingrid Newkirk’s own book tells the story as I think it should be told.
One gets the idea that she had kind of a hard time moving on after Alex Pacheco dumped her.