Chris DeRose was born on June 28,1948 and is an American animal rights activist, and recipient of the 1997 'Courage of Conscience' International Peace Award and a former actor.
14 Facts About Chris DeRose
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Chris DeRose appeared as a regular on the ABC series San Pedro Beach Bums, General Hospital, Cagney and Lacey, CHiPs, The Rockford Files and Baretta.
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Chris DeRose had lead or guest roles in 14 feature films.
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Chris DeRose was an on-camera reporter for the television shows Hard Copy and Inside Edition.
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Chris DeRose is the founder and president of Last Chance for Animals and the author of the book In Your Face: From Actor to Animal Activist.
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Chris DeRose has been arrested 12 times and jailed four times for opposing animal cruelty, including his participation in a break-in at the UCLA Brain Research Institute in 1988.
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Chris DeRose was fired from General Hospital when he was sentenced to jail for the break-in.
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Chris DeRose appeared in the 2006 HBO documentary Dealing Dogs, along with an undercover animal rights activist known as "Pete" and other investigators of Last Chance for Animals.
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Chris DeRose said he hoped Dealing Dogs would speed the passage of the Pet Safety and Protection Act, which, when passed, will put Class B dealers out of business.
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Chris DeRose arranged for two undercover Asian operatives to secretly videotape the butchering of a dog for food from Wisconsin Class B animal dealer Irving Stebane for the Hmong community.
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Chris DeRose had arranged for all the dogs to be rescued.
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Chris DeRose received the 1997 Courage of Conscience International Peace Award for his commitment to saving animals and exposing animal abuse in entertainment, medical research and food production.
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On March 4,2008, Chris DeRose posted a video response on YouTube calling out the American Marine David Motari, who threw a puppy off a cliff in Iraq.
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Chris DeRose called the marines in the video cowards, and asked for an investigation.