| Formation | 1987 |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-profit organisation |
| Purpose | Animal rights |
| Headquarters | California, U.S. |
President | Nancy Burnet |
United Activists for Animal Rights is an animal rights group led by its president Nancy Burnet and based in California, United States. It was founded in 1987. [1]
United Activists was supported by television personality Bob 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 of Project X and in several other media projects together with Barker. [5]
United Activists for Animal Rights, Burnet and Bob Barker were sued by American 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 the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, whose new vessel Bob Barker carries a helicopter named after United Activists' president Nancy Burnet. [8]