Henry Spira

Henry Spira (19 June 1927 – 12 September 1998) was a Belgian-American animal rights advocate, widely regarded as one of the most effective animal advocates of the 20th century.Working with Animal Rights International, a group he founded in 1974, Spira is particularly remembered for his successful campaign in 1976 against animal testing at the American Museum of Natural History, where cats were being experimented on for sex research, and for his full-page advertisement in 1980 in The New York Times that featured a rabbit with sticking plaster over the eyes, and the caption, "How many rabbits does Revlon blind for beauty's sake?"

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 19, 1927
Birth place
Antwerp
cause of death
Esophageal cancer
Date of deathSeptember 12, 1998
Place of death
New York
Education
Brooklyn College
New York

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  1. http://old.vegan.com/issues/1998/sep98/spira.htm
  2. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE1DD123EF935A15752C1A96F948260
  3. http://www.animal-rights-library.com/texts-m/spira01.htm
  4. http://www.ari-online.org
  5. http://www.ari-online.org/pages/henry.html
  6. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/saa/2002/00000010/00000002/art00004?crawler=true
  7. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/15/business/henry-spira-71-animal-rights-crusader.html?scp=1&sq=%22henry+spira%22&st=nyt