- Juliet Gellatley
Juliet Gellatley is a British writer and
animal rights activist. She is the founder and director ofViva! and a former director of theVegetarian Society . She is also a founding director ofThe Vegetarian and Vegan Foundation , along withTony Benn andTony Wardle . [ [http://www.vegetarian.org.uk The Vegetarian and Vegan Foundation] .]She is the author of "The Livewire Guide to Going, Being and Staying Veggie!", "The Silent Ark: A Chilling Expose of Meat - The Global Killer", and "Born To Be Wild: The Livewire Guide to Saving Animals"
Gellatley was the winner of the
Linda McCartney Award for Animal Welfare in 1999, sponsored by the "Daily Mirror's" Pride of Britain Awards. [ [http://www.viva.org.uk/celebs/paul.html "Paul McCartney"] , Viva!]Career
Gellatley became vegetarian at the age of 15 and has spent most of her working life campaigning on behalf of animal rights. After obtaining a degree in
zoology andpsychology , she became the Vegetarian Society's first youth education officer (1987 to 1993) and rose to become its director.She launched "
Greenscene ", Britain's only magazine for young vegetarians, and was its editor from 1987 to 1992. In October 1994, she launched Viva!, a registered charity that campaigns for vegetarian and vegan lifestyles and promotes animal rights. She was the editor and one of the authors of "Vegetarian Issues: A Resource Pack for Secondary Schools", 1992.Gellatley was the author for the text of the
PETA film, "Britches," about a monkey who was removed from a laboratory in theUniversity of California, Riverside in 1985 by theAnimal Liberation Front . [ [http://www.bestcyrano.org/animalsDissection2Britches.htm "Britches"] , People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.]Campaign against kangaroo meat
In 1997, she created a website to save
kangaroo s, [ [http://www.savethekangaroo.com Save the Kangaroo.com] .] and in 2006 wrote "'Under Fire' A Viva! Report on the Killing of Kangaroos for Meat and Skin." [ [http://www.savethekangaroo.com/resources/KangarooReport.shtml "Under Fire"] , "Save the Kangaroo.com".]She has extended the campaign to the football industry, launching the "Killing for Kicks" campaign. [ [http://www.savethekangaroo.com/background/killing4kicks.shtml "Killing for Kicks"] , "Save the Kangaroo.com".] She has named "Adidas" as a company that uses kangaroo skin to make football boots, and successfully persuaded
David Beckham andMichael Owen to stop using these shoes. [ [http://www.savethekangaroo.com/resources/video.shtml "Killing for Kicks video"] , "Save the Kangaroo.com".]Notes
Further reading
* [http://www.viva.org.uk Viva!]
* [http://www.tonywardle.co.uk/articles/vl27_7.php "Do-It-Yourself Destiny"] , Gellatley interview with Tony Wardle, Viva! associate director and editor.
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jan/03/ethicalliving.ethicalliving1 "The green room: Juliet Gellatley, animal rights advocate"] , "The Guardian", January 3, 2008.
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