Alex Pacheco

Alexander Fernando Pacheco (born August 1958) is an American animal rights activist. He is the co-founder and former chairman of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). He is a member of the advisory board of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, and founder of Adopt-a-Pet and 600 Million Stray Dogs Need You. Pacheco came to public attention in 1981 for his role, along with Ingrid Newkirk, in what became known as the Silver Spring monkeys case, a campaign to release 17 crab-eating macaques who were undergoing experiments in the Institute of Behavioral Research in Silver Spring, Maryland. Oliver Stone writes that the political campaign to save the monkeys gave birth to the animal rights movement in the United States. Pacheco...