13 Facts About Karen Dawn

Karen Dawn is an American animal rights and welfare advocate and writer.

Karen Dawn was born in the United States and grew up and was schooled in Australia.

Karen Dawn's studied at the University of NSW — a science degree with a major in psychology.

Karen Dawn got her first experience working with the media as a news researcher and writer for Australia's national nightly news magazine show "The 7:30 Report, " on ABC.

Karen Dawn is an animal rights spokesperson who speaks at the national animal rights conferences and the annual "Taking Action for Animals" conference in Washington DC.

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Karen Dawn's has appeared on major TV networks discussing animal issues and she is a popular speaker at colleges.

Karen Dawn was invited to serve on the voting committee for the Genesis Awards a position which she held from 2001 to 2004.

Karen Dawn was an official spokesperson for California's Proposition 2, a 2008 election ballot initiative that changed the standards for confining farm animals.

Karen Dawn is outspoken in her advocacy for pit bulls and was featured in a Los Angeles Times front-page story as a “passionate defender” of the breed.

Karen Dawn's first brought two live turkeys, who had been destined for slaughter, into her own home for Thanksgiving 2009.

Karen Dawn has hosted animal issues talk shows on Houston's Pacifica station, KPFT and on the Los Angeles Pacifica station, KPFK.

Karen Dawn has written opinion pieces published in The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, New York's Newsday and the UK Guardian.

Karen Dawn's contributed to "Terrorists or Freedom Fighters: Reflections on the Liberation of Animals" a 2004 anthology edited by Steve Best and Anthony Nocella, and to "In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave, " edited by Peter Singer.