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Ruth Harrison OBE (24 June 1920 – 13 June 2000), was a British animal welfare activist and author.〔(Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ) accessed 28/03/08〕 She was the daughter of the author Stephen Winsten. As a Quaker and as a conscientious objector during the Second World War, she served in the Friends Ambulance Unit, first in Hackney, London, and then with displaced persons in Schleswig-Holstein and Bochum in Germany. In 1964 she published ''Animal Machines'', which describes intensive poultry and livestock farming.〔(Title '' Advances in animal welfare in New Zealand'' ) accessed 28/03/08〕 The book was said to have exposed the whole reality of intensive farming.〔 (Vegan Views (influences) ) accessed 28/03/08〕 It was published in seven countries and was the inspiration for the ''European Convention for the Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes''.〔(''Animal Welfare Quarterly'' ) accessed 28/03/08〕 In 1986 she was awarded an OBE. The Australian ethicist Peter Singer has said that reading ''Animal Machines'' was important in his becoming a vegetarian and adopting the views that he sets out in ''Animal Liberation''. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ruth Harrison」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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