Free the Animals 20th Anniversary Edition: The Amazing True Story of the Animal Liberation Front in North America. This item is unavailable.Free the Animals 20th Anniversary Edition: The Amazing True Story of the Animal Liberation Front in North America

The shattering account of one woman's struggle against the forces supporting the abuse of animals FREE THE ANIMALS is the best-selling and action-packed story of underground adventure as well as an eloquent plea for the rights of nonhuman animals. FREE THE ANIMALS is the story of Valerie a 23-year-old police officer in Montgomery County Maryland whose world was turned upside down when she learned about the abuses of animals in laboratories. The book describes how this law-abiding woman came to challenge the system by taking direct action and examines why ordinary people are moved to do extraordinary things on behalf of animals. This edition of FREE THE ANIMALS has been updated with a new foreword by Chrissie Hynde lead singer of the rock group The Pretenders.

Ingrid E. Newkirk is cofounder and president of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), the largest animal rights organization in the world. Her campaigns to save animals have been featured in The Washington Post and other national newspapers. She has appeared on The Today Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Nightline, and 20/20 among others, and has spoken internationally on animal protection, from the steps of the Canadian Parliament to the streets of New Delhi, India. Among her books are Free the Animals; Animal Rights Weekend Warrior, and the PETA Celebrity Cookbook, all published by Lantern.