Alex Pacheco ARZone Live Guest Chat

Alex Pacheco ARZone Live Guest Chat

Alex Pacheco is co-founder and former chairman of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA), founder of All American Animals, a member of the advisory board of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, and founder of 600 Million Stray Dogs Need You (http://www.600millionstraydogs.com/) whose mission is to use science to bring an end to the number two cause of animal suffering in the world: animal overpopulation.

Alex served as PeTA Chairman for 20 years where he specialised in undercover investigations and congressional lobbying. Twice his undercover work has been argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. He has led successful campaigns against large animal abusers such as General Motors, Texaco, Exxon, the Pentagon, NASA and others. His best known undercover work is the Silver Spring Monkey Case, a campaign to release 17 crab-eating macaques who were undergoing experiments in the Institute of Behavioural Research in Silver Spring, Maryland, which broke many barriers including closing the first animal laboratory in history, on cruelty charges.

As a member of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Alex first crewed with Captain Paul Watson in 1979 and again in 2003 on the ship “The Sea Shepherd” across the Atlantic Ocean on the Sierra campaign.  Alex was voted Sea Shepherds “Crew Member of the Year.”

Alex is a highly respected member of the animal advocacy community, is in the US Animal Rights Hall of Fame and was awarded the Peace Abbey’s Courage of Conscience Award.

Alex welcomes the opportunity to engage ARZone members this weekend on a range of topics, from his work with “600 Million Stray Dogs Need You” to PeTA to his extensive advocacy and his philosophies in general.

ARZone is supportive of education, critical thinking, rational discourse, and aims to provoke intelligent dialogue about issues that most concern members of the animal advocacy movement.

ARZone does not endorse or promote the views of its guests and forum participants; ARZone does endorse and promote creative education efforts.

This is an event for which questions must be submitted to ARZone prior to Midnight GMT, Wednesday 6 April via email to Carolyn@ARZone.net.

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