Kim W. Stallwood (born 1955) is a British
animal rights
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advocate, author, independent scholar, and consultant. He is European director of the
Animals and Society Institute, an animal rights
think tank
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. He was executive editor of ''The Animals' Agenda'', an animal rights magazine (1993–2002), and is the editor of ''Speaking Out for Animals'' (2001) and ''A Primer on Animal Rights'' (2002).
[ Stallwood blogs under the name Grumpy Vegan.
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Life and work
Stallwood was born and raised in Camberley
Camberley is a town in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately south-west of Central London. The town is in the far west of the county, close to the borders of Hampshire and Berkshire. Once part of Windsor Forest, Camb ...
, Surrey
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, England
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.
Stallwood is a former national director of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA; , stylized as PeTA) is an American animal rights nonprofit organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president. PETA reports that PETA entities hav ...
(1987–1992), campaigns officer for the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection
Cruelty Free International is an animal protection and advocacy group that campaigns for the abolition of all animal experiments. They organise certification of cruelty-free products which are marked with the symbol of a leaping bunny.
It wa ...
(1981–1985), and national organizer for Compassion in World Farming (1976–1978), for which he remains a consultant.[Kim Stallwood]
, kinstallwood.com, accessed July 1, 2010.
He was also the founder of the Animal Rights Network (ARN), the world's largest library on animal rights, which became the Animals and Society Institute.
In 2013, Stallwood published his first book, ''Growl: Life Lessons, Hard Truths, and Bold Strategies from an Animal Advocate'', with Lantern Books
Lantern Publishing & Media is an American non-profit book publisher founded in 2020, having acquired the assets of Booklight Inc. DBA Lantern Books in 2019. Booklight was founded in 1999, and first located in Union Square (New York City), before mo ...
. The book featured a foreword by Brian May
Brian Harold May (born 19 July 1947) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and astrophysicist, who achieved worldwide fame as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. May was a co-founder of Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury and ...
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Grumpy Vegan blogAnimals and Society Institute''Protecting Animals'' 25: Kim Stallwood
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Living people
1955 births
Anti-vivisectionists
British activists
British animal rights activists
British animal rights scholars
British bloggers
British non-fiction writers
British veganism activists
People from Hastings