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'''United Activists for Animal Rights''' is an [[animal rights]] group led by its president Nancy Burnet and based in California, United States. It was founded in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/social-services/social-services-not-elsewhere/4025340-1.html/ |title=United Activists for Animal Rights &#124; Society, Social Assistance & Lifestyle > Animals & Society from |publisher=AllBusiness.com |date= |accessdate=2010-01-09}}</ref>
'''United Activists for Animal Rights''' is an [[animal rights]] group led by its president Nancy Burnet and based in California, United States. It was founded in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/social-services/social-services-not-elsewhere/4025340-1.html/ |title=United Activists for Animal Rights &#124; Society, Social Assistance & Lifestyle > Animals & Society from |publisher=AllBusiness.com |date= |accessdate=2010-01-09}}</ref>


United Activists is supported by television personality [[Bob Barker]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.looktothestars.org/news/255-making-a-difference-bob-barkers-way |title=Making a Difference, Bob Barker’s Way |publisher=Looktothestars.org |date= June 21, 2007|accessdate=2010-01-09}}</ref><ref>[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117950232.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 Host's passion for pets more bit than bark] - ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', Sunday 17 September 2006</ref> and the group exposed what they considered their findings of animal cruelty on the set of ''[[Project X (1987 film)|Project X]]'' and in several other media projects together with Barker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.petfinder.com/how-to-help-pets/game-bob-barker.html?printer_friendly=1 |title=More than a Game (Bob Barker): Celebrities Helping Pets: How You Can Help Pets |publisher=Petfinder.com |date= |accessdate=2010-01-09}}</ref> However, critics later argued that the accusations were based on rumors and hearsay, such as having seen a cattle prod and a gun on set and having inferred that these had been used to mistreat animals.<ref name="SPEAKING"/> In relation to these activities, the group, again together with Bob Barker, were also accused (and named in a libel lawsuit) as having engaged in a two-year '[[feud|vendetta]]' against the [[American Humane Association]] for allegedly condoning animal cruelty.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19890830&id=kPwRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DPADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5267,6009396 |title=Game Show Host Sued For Libel |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review |date=August 31, 1989 |page=A7}}</ref> In a series of public ads along with the $10 million libel suit, the Humane Association accused Barker and the group of attacking them (and a number of media projects) based on insufficient and misleading information.<ref name="SPEAKING">{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20121207,00.html |title=Speaking Up for 'Abused' Animals, Bob Barker Is Hit with a Lawsuit |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=September 18, 1989 |volume=32 |issue=12}}</ref>
United Activists was supported by television personality [[Bob Barker]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.looktothestars.org/news/255-making-a-difference-bob-barkers-way |title=Making a Difference, Bob Barker's Way |publisher=Looktothestars.org |date= June 21, 2007|accessdate=2010-01-09}}</ref><ref>[https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117950232.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 Host's passion for pets more bit than bark] - ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', Sunday 17 September 2006</ref> and the group exposed what they considered their findings of animal cruelty on the set of ''[[Project X (1987 film)|Project X]]'' and in several other media projects together with Barker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.petfinder.com/how-to-help-pets/game-bob-barker.html?printer_friendly=1 |title=More than a Game (Bob Barker): Celebrities Helping Pets: How You Can Help Pets |publisher=Petfinder.com |date= |accessdate=2010-01-09}}</ref>


United Activists for Animal Rights, Burnet and Bob Barker were sued by [[American Humane Association]] in 1989 for libel, slander and invasion of privacy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/08/30/Bob-Barker-sued-by-animal-rights-group/5176620452800/|title=Bob Barker sued by animal rights group|website=[[UPI]]|date=August 30, 1989}}</ref> It was finally settled by the insurer.<ref name="Guither1998">{{cite book|last=Guither|first=Harold D|title=Animal Rights: History and Scope of a Radical Social Movement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=231b9jGgqN4C&pg=PA174|year=1998|publisher=SIU Press|isbn=978-0-8093-2199-5|page=174}}</ref>
Barker has also helped fund other animal rights groups, including the [[Sea Shepherd Conservation Society]], whose new vessel ''[[MY Bob Barker|Bob Barker]]'' carries a helicopter named after United Activists' president Nancy Burnet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-100105-1.html |title=The Time is Right for Bob Barker to Rescue the Whales |publisher=Sea Shepherd |date=January 5, 2010 |accessdate=2010-01-09}}</ref>

Barker has also helped fund other animal rights groups, including the [[Sea Shepherd Conservation Society]], whose new vessel ''[[MY Bob Barker|Bob Barker]]'' carries a helicopter named after United Activists' president Nancy Burnet.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-100105-1.html |title=The Time is Right for Bob Barker to Rescue the Whales |publisher=Sea Shepherd |date=January 5, 2010 |accessdate=2010-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721235545/http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-100105-1.html |archive-date=July 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 14:12, 13 January 2024

United Activists for Animal Rights
Formation1987
TypeNon-profit organisation
PurposeAnimal rights
HeadquartersCalifornia, U.S.
President
Nancy Burnet

United Activists for Animal Rights is an animal rights group led by its president Nancy Burnet and based in California, United States. It was founded in 1987.[1]

United Activists was supported by television personality Bob Barker,[2][3] and the group exposed what they considered their findings of animal cruelty on the set of Project X and in several other media projects together with Barker.[4]

United Activists for Animal Rights, Burnet and Bob Barker were sued by American Humane Association in 1989 for libel, slander and invasion of privacy.[5] It was finally settled by the insurer.[6]

Barker has also helped fund other animal rights groups, including the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, whose new vessel Bob Barker carries a helicopter named after United Activists' president Nancy Burnet.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "United Activists for Animal Rights | Society, Social Assistance & Lifestyle > Animals & Society from". AllBusiness.com. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  2. ^ "Making a Difference, Bob Barker's Way". Looktothestars.org. June 21, 2007. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  3. ^ Host's passion for pets more bit than bark - Variety, Sunday 17 September 2006
  4. ^ "More than a Game (Bob Barker): Celebrities Helping Pets: How You Can Help Pets". Petfinder.com. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  5. ^ "Bob Barker sued by animal rights group". UPI. August 30, 1989.
  6. ^ Guither, Harold D (1998). Animal Rights: History and Scope of a Radical Social Movement. SIU Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-8093-2199-5.
  7. ^ "The Time is Right for Bob Barker to Rescue the Whales". Sea Shepherd. January 5, 2010. Archived from the original on July 21, 2010. Retrieved January 9, 2010.


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