Shannon Keith

Shannon Keith is an American animal rights lawyer, activist, and documentary director/producer. [ [http://www.animal-rights-lawyer.com Shannon Keith's animal-rights legal practice] ]

In 2006, after three years of filming, Keith released a documentary film about the Animal Liberation Front entitled "". The documentary was produced in response to what the ALF sees as a growing bias within the mainstream media towards the animal rights movement, both above and underground. Keith founded and runs Uncaged Films /ARME (Animal Rescue, Media & Education), which produced the documentary.

Keith has represented a number of animal-rights activists and campaigns, including Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) and Kevin Kjonaas, the former president of SHAC USA, against Huntingdon Life Sciences, [Huntingdon Life Sciences Inc. v. Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty USA, Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District Court, Division One, State of California, June 1, 2005.] and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Keith has represented a number of well-known animal rights activists and campaigns, including Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) and Kevin Jonas, the president of SHAC USA, against Huntingdon Life Sciences, [Huntingdon Life Sciences Inc. v. Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty USA, Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District Court, Division One, State of California, June 1, 2005.] and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. She has saved dogs from being euthanized in Los Angeles, and in 2000, she obtained the largest settlement against the City of Los Angeles for the beating to death of a dog by a city employee. [http://www.animalconsultants.org/consultants/keith_shannon.htm Keith's bio] , Animal Consultants International.]

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Personal Sites

* [http://www.animal-rights-lawyer.com Animal Rights Lawyer]
* [http://www.uncagedfilms.com Uncaged Films]
* [http://www.alanpac.com/ Animal Legislative Action Network]
* [http://www.arme.tv/index.htm ARME: Animal Rescue Media & Education]

Interviews

* [http://www.animalvoices.ca/files/20051115_shannon_keith_1.mp3 Interview with Shannon Keith, Part 1]
* [http://www.animalvoices.ca/files/20051115_shannon_keith_2.mp3 Interview with Shannon Keith, Part 2]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zFaoAlhDl4 Rescue Roundtable presents Shannon Keith - 'Behind the Mask']
* [http://www.animalliberationfront.com/Saints/Media/SKeithInterview.htm Keith talks about her movie]
* [http://www.arkangelweb.org/interviews/shannonkeith.php ALF Interview with the director]
* [http://www.animalvoices.ca/node/17 Animal Voices interview with Shannon Keith]