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A Dog Named Holly Inspires Her Rescuer
What Sharon DiGenova does for a living is as impressive as the fundraising she does for animals. She began working in production management and lighting design in 1984, and since that time she has worked in hundreds of cities in...
Once Shy Kimberly Carroll Is Now Front and Centre in the Animal Rights Movement
Kimberly Carroll is a coach for changemakers, a campaign strategist for Animal Justice, a director at the Toronto Vegetarian Food Bank, and the Animal Justice Academy director, where animal activists learn the ins and outs of becoming an activist. Once a voracious...
The Courage of Compassion
Caring for animals in need is difficult and often heartbreaking. Those of us supporting the animal rights movement are deeply grateful that sanctuaries exist, that there’s shelter and compassion for the lucky few animals who escape testing labs, factory farming and...
Born an Activist
Ayse Deniz Kavur was born and raised in Germany to Turkish parents. Her mother spent two hellish years as a political prisoner in Turkey due to her activism—incarceration that included torture—then managed to obtain a fake passport which allowed her to flee to Germany...
Aprajita Ashish Is Fighting Oppression in India
Aprajita Ashish grew up in a vegetarian household. She became vegan in 2018 after seeing a YouTube video depicting the cruelty in the dairy industry. That video, which she was unable to watch completely, changed her life and she decided at that moment to become an...
Lea de Zwart Has Found Her Life Purpose Advocating for Animals in the Netherlands
Lea de Zwart is Animal Save Movement’s Country Liaison for the Netherlands and the Regional Liaison for Western Europe. Additionally, she organizes the Boxtel Pig Save and Leiden Save Square. As with all branches of the Animal Save Movement, they use a love-based...