1. Gary Yourofsky is an American animal rights activist and lecturer.
17 Facts About Gary Yourofsky
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Gary Yourofsky has had a major influence on contemporary veganism.
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Gary Yourofsky has been admired and criticized for his views that are often alleged to be extreme.
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Gary Yourofsky was arrested 13 times between 1997 and 2001 and spent 77 days in a Canadian maximum security prison in 1999 after raiding a fur farm in Canada and releasing 1,542 mink in 1997.
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Gary Yourofsky has been permanently banned from entering Canada and the United Kingdom.
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Gary Yourofsky was born into a Jewish family in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
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Gary Yourofsky recalled that he did not sign up for any math classes during the entire four years, in deliberate defiance of the requirements; at the end of his senior year he challenged the principal to hold him back, but she approved his graduation instead.
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In 1996, Gary Yourofsky founded Animals Deserve Absolute Protection Today and Tomorrow, a vegan organization opposed to any usage of animals.
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Gary Yourofsky was arrested, tried, and sentenced to six months in a Canadian maximum-security prison in 1999.
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In 2001, Gary Yourofsky began facing financial problems, such as credit card debt of US$30000, that curtailed his activism for three months of 2001.
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In early 2002, Gary Yourofsky resigned as president of ADAPTT, due to financial troubles.
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Employment negotiations between the two concluded on May 20,2002, with Gary Yourofsky being made the organization's official national lecturer.
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In 2002, Gary Yourofsky told a reporter that he would "unequivocally support" the death of medical researchers in ALF-related arson fires.
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Gary Yourofsky grabbed the cart and propelled it, causing the pamphlets to scatter across the floor.
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Gary Yourofsky was invited to give a talk on "Ethical Veganism" to a class at University of Southern Indiana on April 2,2007.
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Gary Yourofsky visited Israel in September 2012 and was interviewed by Israeli television Channel 2.
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Gary Yourofsky has been banned from entering Canada and Britain as a result of his activism.