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Ingrid Newkirk

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Co-founder and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

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What we have documented

We have documented 1 statement by Ingrid Newkirk, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.

Statements by Ingrid Newkirk

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Ingrid Newkirk

Role at the time: Co-founder and president, PETA

Condemned

Statement summary

PETA president Ingrid Newkirk condemned the FBI hiring-standards change and called on Patel to reverse it.

“Director Patel must immediately cancel this abominable misstep. It cannot happen... No one in America supports humans having sex with animals, and to think an FBI agent might be such a cruel pervert is unconscionable and unacceptable.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Debacle Over Kash Patel’s New FBI Rule on Bestiality Gets More Chaotic
Why we used this label

Newkirk directly and sharply condemns the policy and calls for Patel to reverse it, an express institutional condemnation on PETAs behalf.

Read statementFull case: Kash Patel defends FBI’s removal of automatic hiring disqualifiers for bestiality, prostitution, and employee theft

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