EMILY ROHR
Emily Rohr is a member of peta2, which is PETA's youth division. It is the largest youth animal rights group in the world. She told us about why she chose to get involved with PETA and how the organization is different from other animals rights groups.
1. How did you find out about PETA?
I discovered peta2 when I was about 13 years old as a vegetarian I was looking to learn more about animal rights and did so through peta2. I became more active in the animal rights community and became vegan.
2. What inspired you to work with this specific organization?
Peta2 is the world’s largest animal rights youth group so once I became involved with them I learned of all the great things that PETA is able to accomplish for animals.
3. What do you believe makes PETA unique in its fight for animal rights?
PETA is an organization of firsts and is always striving for more I think the following three victories set a huge positive precedent in the struggle for animal rights!
1981-PETA conducts an undercover investigation exposing the suffering of the Silver Spring monkeys in a Maryland research facility, resulting in the first-ever police raid on a laboratory.
1995- PETA’s efforts lead to the first-ever cruelty charges filed against a factory farmer for cruelty to chickens for allowing tens of thousands of chickens to starve to death. The president of the company ultimately pleads guilty.
2011- The USDA fines Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus $270,000—the largest fine ever paid by an animal exhibitor—for violations of the Animal Welfare Act after PETA presents the agency with unequivocal evidence of animal abuse, including beatings, the negligent death of a lion, lame elephants forced to perform despite chronic pain, and a baby elephant who died during a training routine.
4. What is Ms. Newkirk's role and responsibilities in this organization?
Ingrid E. Newkirk is the co founder and president of PETA.
5. How often does she get directly involved in your work?
Ingrid is always directly involved in the work that PETA does. She recently held a protest in Mumbai against KFC where she willfully caged herself in front of KFC.
6. What do you think has contributed to making PETA one of the largest Animal Rights Organization in the world?
I think PETA has become so well known because of our success. We strive through achieve our goals through so many different outlets we work through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns.
7. How do you feel about some of the controversy surrounding the organization?
Our mission is to get the animal rights message to as many people as possible. PETA must rely on getting free “advertising” through media coverage unlike the opposition who can pay for this media attention. The media is often reluctant to cover our activities for fear of losing advertising dollars. But, not surprisingly, colorful and “controversial” demonstrations and campaigns like activists stripping to “go naked instead of wearing fur” consistently grab headlines. is sometimes necessary to shake people up in order to initiate discussion, debate, questioning of the status quo, and, of course, action.
8.How does PETA as an organization react to this controversy?
Animal rights is not a popularity contest our mission is to bring the message of animal rights to as many people as possible and that is exactly what we do.
I discovered peta2 when I was about 13 years old as a vegetarian I was looking to learn more about animal rights and did so through peta2. I became more active in the animal rights community and became vegan.
2. What inspired you to work with this specific organization?
Peta2 is the world’s largest animal rights youth group so once I became involved with them I learned of all the great things that PETA is able to accomplish for animals.
3. What do you believe makes PETA unique in its fight for animal rights?
PETA is an organization of firsts and is always striving for more I think the following three victories set a huge positive precedent in the struggle for animal rights!
1981-PETA conducts an undercover investigation exposing the suffering of the Silver Spring monkeys in a Maryland research facility, resulting in the first-ever police raid on a laboratory.
1995- PETA’s efforts lead to the first-ever cruelty charges filed against a factory farmer for cruelty to chickens for allowing tens of thousands of chickens to starve to death. The president of the company ultimately pleads guilty.
2011- The USDA fines Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus $270,000—the largest fine ever paid by an animal exhibitor—for violations of the Animal Welfare Act after PETA presents the agency with unequivocal evidence of animal abuse, including beatings, the negligent death of a lion, lame elephants forced to perform despite chronic pain, and a baby elephant who died during a training routine.
4. What is Ms. Newkirk's role and responsibilities in this organization?
Ingrid E. Newkirk is the co founder and president of PETA.
5. How often does she get directly involved in your work?
Ingrid is always directly involved in the work that PETA does. She recently held a protest in Mumbai against KFC where she willfully caged herself in front of KFC.
6. What do you think has contributed to making PETA one of the largest Animal Rights Organization in the world?
I think PETA has become so well known because of our success. We strive through achieve our goals through so many different outlets we work through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns.
7. How do you feel about some of the controversy surrounding the organization?
Our mission is to get the animal rights message to as many people as possible. PETA must rely on getting free “advertising” through media coverage unlike the opposition who can pay for this media attention. The media is often reluctant to cover our activities for fear of losing advertising dollars. But, not surprisingly, colorful and “controversial” demonstrations and campaigns like activists stripping to “go naked instead of wearing fur” consistently grab headlines. is sometimes necessary to shake people up in order to initiate discussion, debate, questioning of the status quo, and, of course, action.
8.How does PETA as an organization react to this controversy?
Animal rights is not a popularity contest our mission is to bring the message of animal rights to as many people as possible and that is exactly what we do.