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Animal Rights Support is Growing!

Animal Rights Support is Growing!

 

For another year, In Defense of Animals was a proud sponsor of the National Animal Rights Conference. Over 1,700 animal advocates turned out in Los Angeles to learn and share how to do more for animals. Our movement is growing, which is excellent news for the animals whose very lives depend on us!

Fabulous speakers rocked the house including our own President Marilyn Kroplick, M.D., who called for advocates to unite in our efforts to protect the animals during the opening plenary. Dr. Kroplick applied her knowledge of psychiatry to increase our effectiveness as activists and shared her strategies to help us end the dog meat trade in Asia. We hosted an activist support panel featuring our Animal Activist Mentor Line and invited other organizations to share their support services.

There was a notable interest in spirituality this year, with over one hundred activists attending a panel on Vegan Spirituality featuring Sustainable Activism Campaign Director Lisa Levinson and other spiritual movers and shakers. We hosted a meeting for spiritual and religious leaders at the conference to encourage their places of worship to widen their circle of compassion by practicing veganism.

Our Elephant and Cetacean Scientist and Campaign Director Dr. Toni Frohoff shared her campaign focus of freeing orcas and elephants from captivity and protecting them in the wild. She encouraged fellow activists to collaborate across species and campaigns to help these iconic animals.

Thanks so much to everyone who stopped by our exhibit booth! One of our conference highlights was to meet you in person. We hope to see you at the conference next year!

Click here to see Dr. Kroplick’s speech

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