Kim Stallwood
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Kim W. Stallwood is a British animal rights
Animal rights
Animal rights, also known as animal liberation, is the idea that the most basic interests of non-human animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings...

 advocate. He is European director of the Animals and Society Institute
Animals and Society Institute
The Animals and Society Institute is an independent research and educational organization that seeks to bring about institutional change by advancing the status of animals in public policy, promoting the academic study of human-animal relationships, and implementing programs to break the cycle...

, an animal rights think tank. 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 is a former national director of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is an American animal rights organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president. A non-profit corporation with 300 employees and two million members and supporters, it claims to be the largest animal rights...

 (1987–1992), campaigns officer for the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection
British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection
The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection is a British animal protection and advocacy group that campaigns for the abolition of all animal experiments...

 (1981–1985), and national organizer for Compassion in World Farming
Compassion In World Farming
Compassion in World Farming is a campaigning and lobbying animal welfare organisation, with headquarters in the UK, branches in eight European countries and international representatives in China, Australia and South Africa...

 (1976–1978), for which he remains a consultant.

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
Animals and Society Institute
The Animals and Society Institute is an independent research and educational organization that seeks to bring about institutional change by advancing the status of animals in public policy, promoting the academic study of human-animal relationships, and implementing programs to break the cycle...

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