Gary Yurofsky ( born Gary Yourofsky , born August 19, 1970 [1] , Detroit , Michigan , USA ) is an American animal rights activist and vegan advocate. In 1997-2001, he was arrested 13 times. In 1997, he attacked a Canadian fur farm, releasing 1,542 minks , for which in 1999 spent 77 days in prison for especially dangerous criminals [2] [3] . In 2002-2005, on a grant from PETA, he gave lectures on veganism for more than 60,000 American students [2] .
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| Date of Birth | August 19, 1970 (48 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Detroit , Michigan , USA |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Occupation | animal rights activist, vegan advocate |
| Site | adaptt.org |
Biography
Gary Jurofsky was born on August 19, 1970 in the city of Detroit, USA. His childhood passed in the town of Oak Park in Michigan [4] . "Awakening" with Gary Jurofsky happened in the early 1990s. His stepfather, who worked as a clown in a circus, once invited Gary on a tour, during which Gary was shocked at how cruel the circus animals were [2] . He began to explore this topic, in particular the handling of animals in the meat industry. Under the influence of the information received, Gary became a vegetarian and then vegan [4] . In 1996, Jurofsky founded the Animal Deserve Absolute Protection Today and Tomorrow ("Animals deserve full protection today and tomorrow"). In 2001, the organization numbered about 2,200 members [4] .
On March 30, 1997, Jurofsky, together with 4 members of the Animal Liberation Front , attacked a fur farm in Blenheim (Ontario, Canada) and freed 1542 minks [2] . The financial damage to the farm amounted to about 500,000 Canadian dollars [5] . In 1999, Jurofsky was arrested by Canadian police and sentenced to six months in prison. [6] Jurofsky spent 77 days in a maximum security prison [2] . He later admitted that the prison experience made him even more sympathetic and understand the suffering of animals [5] .
In 2000, Jurofsky received a $ 10,000 grant from PETA to create and broadcast a commercial called Animal Slavery, Known as the Circus. The video was shown 69 times on local US channels [4] .
In 2001, Jurofsky was forced to interrupt his activities for three months due to financial problems. In one of the interviews of this period, he stated that he was "heavily in debt" and that he owed more than $ 30,000 [4] . In early 2002, due to financial problems, Jurofsky resigned as head of the organization he founded. Just the day after that, PETA President Ingrid Newkirk phoned him and offered a job. March 20, 2002 Jurofsky became the official lecturer of PETA in the USA. In an open letter sent by Jurovski on May 28, 2002, he wrote: “[receive] a call and / or a request from Ingrid was tantamount to Don Corleone calling you. It was an offer I couldn’t refuse ” [7] [8] . Some supporters of Jurofsky considered his decision to join PETA a betrayal, as he had previously criticized large animal rights organizations [8] . In 2005, as a result of a conflict with the leadership of PETA, the organization stopped funding and Jurofsky left its ranks.
In an interview [9] given in 2006, Jurofsky criticized the United States Animal Welfare Society , as well as the PETA methods used personally by Ingrid Newkirk.
Notes
- ↑ Gary Yourofsky - "convert 1000s to veganism every year" - My Care2 unopened (link not available) . Date of treatment September 19, 2011. Archived April 4, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 About Gary Yourofsky << ADAPTT :: Animals Deserve Absolute Protection Today and Tomorrow (link not available) . Date of treatment June 5, 2011. Archived May 23, 2012.
- ↑ West, Evan. Watching What You Eat (English) // Indianapolis Monthly : magazine. - 2006. - March. - P. 90 . - ISSN 0899-0328 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Jack Lessenberry. Activist Devotes Life to Animal Rights (unavailable link) (July 4, 2001). Date of treatment September 21, 2011. Archived April 4, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Gary Yourofsky in the News << ADAPTT :: Animals Deserve Absolute Protection Today and Tomorrow (link not available) . Date of treatment April 6, 2012. Archived November 28, 2011.
- ↑ Gary Yourofsky unopened (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment April 6, 2012. Archived April 1, 2012.
- ↑ Teresa Platt. PeTA and the Making of a Conflict Industrialist (Unavailable link) (July 19, 2002). Date of treatment September 21, 2011. Archived on September 19, 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 Brian Carnell. PETA Puts Supporter of Violence on Its Payroll - AnimalRights.Net unopened (unavailable link) (May 29, 2002). Date of treatment September 21, 2011. Archived July 6, 2011.
- ↑ Claudette Vaughan. The Gary Yourofsky Interview - Care2 Share unopened (unavailable link) (November 22, 2006). Date of treatment September 20, 2011. Archived December 31, 2014.
Links
- - Gary 's official website