| Formation | 1987 |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-profit organisation |
| Purpose | Animal rights |
| Headquarters | California,U.S. |
President | Nancy Burnet |
United Activists for Animal Rights is ananimal rights group led by its president Nancy Burnet and based inCalifornia, United States. It was founded in 1987.[1]
United Activists was supported by television personalityBob Barker,[2][3] who was in a long-term romantic relationship with Burnet from 1983 until his death.[4] The group exposed what they considered their findings of animal cruelty on the set ofProject X and in several other media projects together with Barker.[5]
United Activists for Animal Rights, Burnet and Bob Barker were sued byAmerican Humane Association in 1989 for libel, slander and invasion of privacy.[6] It was finally settled by the insurer.[7]
Barker has also helped fund other animal rights groups, including theSea Shepherd Conservation Society, whose new vesselBob Barker carries a helicopter named after United Activists' president Nancy Burnet.[8]
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