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Steven Omar "Steve" Hindi (born ) is an American animal rights activist and businessman. He is the founder and president of the animal rights organization Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK). Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Hindi grew up in a hunting and fishing culture. In 1985, he caught a 230-pound Mako shark in a feat that received a writeup in the ''New York Daily News''. He ceased hunting and fishing after witnessing a live pigeon shoot in Pennsylvania on Labor Day, September 4, 1989. Shocked and disgusted by the sight of thousands of pigeons getting shot after flying from boxes, Hindi vowed to give up his hunting hobby and fight against it instead. Hindi founded the Fox Valley Animal Protectors, which evolved into the Chicago Animal Rights Coalition (CHARC) in 1993 and is currently called Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK), to document animal abuse and disseminate information. Hindi's animal rights activism with the organization has involved lobbying legislators to pass laws against animal cruelty and documenting and protesting against rodeos, live pigeon shoots, geese shoots, bullfighting, horse slaughter, and deer killing. He posts video footage of animal abuse on SHARK's YouTube channel. Hindi served a stint as shipping and receiving clerk at Carol Stream, Illinois-based Allied Rivet (then called Allied Tubular Rivet), a company that manufactures tubular rivets, before purchasing the company in the mid-1980s, becoming its president, and moving it to Geneva, Illinois. In 1992, he ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary for a seat in the Illinois General Assembly against Tom Cross. ==Personal life== Born 〔 in St. Paul, Minnesota,〔Page, Bill. (2001-03-25). "Conscience Driven: For This Anti-rodeo Activist And His Video Van, A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Discouraging Words" (pages (1 ) and (2 )). ''Chicago Tribune''. Archived from the original (pages (1 ) and (2 )) on 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2014-08-27.〕 Steve Hindi grew up in a St. Paul housing project with his mother, Esther, and younger brother,〔 Gregory ("Greg"). While he was a young child, his father deserted the family.〔 His mother took care of him and his brother with the help of welfare. They initially lived in the slums and later moved to the housing project Roosevelt Homes, located at the east of St. Paul.〔 When he was bullied by another boy in junior high, Hindi fought back and discovered that "often when you stand up to a bully he backs down".〔 Hindi said, "But then I became a bit of a bully myself."〔 He lived in several foster homes and had brushes with the law as a teenager, committing petty theft and getting sent to a youth detention center.〔 Upon graduating from high school, Hindi served as a bus driver for United Cerebral Palsy of Minnesota. He later became an aide at St. Paul's Union Gospel Mission. When he was in his early 20s, he traveled to Chicago around 1978, to become a rock musician. Hindi was the guitarist and was frequently the singer in a group that played at clubs near and in Chicago.〔 According to ''The Morning Call''s Susan Todd, Hindi led a "down-and-out life as a struggling rock musician".〔Todd, Susan. (1990-09-02). "One Man's Pigeon-shoot War A Concerned Steve Hindi Pleads, Bullies To Halt 'Senseless Killing Of Birds'" (pages (1 ) and (2 )). ''The Morning Call''. Archived from the original (pages (1 ) and (2 )). Retrieved 2014-08-27.〕 Hindi told the ''Chicago Reader'' in 1993, "I got the nagging feeling that this wasn't going to work out as I had planned" and decided to change careers to work as a shipping and receiving clerk at Allied Rivet.〔 In 1995, he resided in Kendall County, Illinois, with Jacquelyn ("Jacquie"), his wife, and his two daughters, Meghan and Eva.〔 The family had five dogs and seven cats.〔 Hindi and Jacquie met in 1979 and around 1999 had an amicable divorce, continuing to be friends and business partners. Hindi's animal rights activism caused his marriage to end. His repeated traveling and imprisonment turned away his wife, who said in a 2004 interview with the ''Daily Herald'', "It was the downfall of our marriage. I was just thinking 'I'm raising these kids alone' and 'I'm out.'"〔 She said that after they separated, she grew closer to Christianity. She forgave him and backed his purpose, saying in 2004, "A lot of people will say animal activists don't care about humans, but that is not the case with Steve. He just feels this is where his calling is and this is where his drive is. He's a great person and a great father, too."〔 Jacquie died on May 27, 2014, at the age of 56. Hindi has a black belt in karate and a pilot's license.〔 Hindi said in a 1994 interview with the ''Chicago Tribune'' that he supports the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). In 2001, Hindi lived in Kane County, Illinois. He stored hundreds of videotapes of animals in a "floor-to-ceiling cabinet" in his living room, assigning them titles like "Rodeo Cruelty", "Making Foie Gras", and "Pennsylvania Pigeon Shoot". Some of the videos were shot at bullfights, circuses, and roadside zoos. Shelves held small cameras, stun guns, and walkie-talkies.〔 In 2012, Hindi lived in Elburn, Kane County, Illinois. Hindi's girlfriend, Janet Enoch, is a member of SHARK.〔Vaisvilas, Frank. (2012-11-02). "Hunter goes hi-tech in finding animal abuse" (pages (1 ) and (2 )). Suburban Life Media. Archived from the original (pages (1 ) and (2 )) on 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2014-08-27.〕 In a 2014 interview with ''The Oklahoman'', Hindi characterized himself as a lifelong Republican.〔Ellis, Randy. (2014-09-24). "Inhofe fundraiser event causes flap" (pages (1 ) and (2 )). ''The Oklahoman''. Archived from the original (pages (1 ) and (2 )) on 2015-09-08. Retrieved 2015-09-08.〕 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「Steve Hindi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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