Wayne Pacelle has transformed the contemporary animal protection movement in 35 years of advocacy, as a student-advocate for animals at Yale to later serving as CEO of the leading animal protection organizations and turning them into campaign-oriented organizations with power and influence. He’s helped make animal protection a mainstream political and corporate concern, shaping laws and corporate behavior while reframing the narrative about the role of animals in society through his best-selling books The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them and The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers Are Transforming the Lives of Animals. He currently serves as president of both Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy.

Current Essays

In Monumental Declaration, NIH Follows FDA and Says Agency Will Turn Away from Animal Testing

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Animal Sacrifice: How the U.S. Government Tolerates the Ritual Killing of Eagles and Hawks

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Pope Francis’ Warm Embrace of Protecting God’s Creation

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[An] excellent new book... This is a humane revolution, and Pacelle ... has been at the forefront of it.... At a time when the world is a mess, Pacelle outlines a hopeful vision.

— New York Times

“If the animals knew about this book they would, without doubt, confer on Wayne Pacelle, their highest honor.”

— Jane Goodall