Shannon Keith

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Shannon Keith is an American animal-rights lawyer, activist, and documentary director/producer. ^[1]

In 2006, after three years of filming, Keith released a documentary about the Animal Liberation Front entitled "Behind the Mask: The Story Of The People Who Risk Everything To Save Animals". The documentary was produced in response to what the ALF sees as a growing bias within the mainstream media towards the animal rights movement, both above and underground. Keith founded and runs Uncaged Films / ARME (Animal Rescue, Media & Education), which produced the documentary.

Keith has represented a number of well-known animal-rights activists and campaigns, including Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) and Kevin Jonas, the president of SHAC USA, against Huntingdon Life Sciences, ^[2] and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. She has saved dogs from being euthanized in Los Angeles and has helped to prosecute animal abusers. ^{[citation needed]} In 2000, she obtained the largest settlement against the City of Los Angeles for the beating to death of a dog by a city employee. ^[3]

Contents 1 Notes 2 Further reading 2.1 Personal Sites 2.2 Interviews

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Shannon Keith's animal-rights legal practice
2. ^ Huntingdon Life Sciences Inc. v. Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty USA, Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District Court, Division One, State of California, June 1, 2005.
3. ^ Keith's bio, Animal Consultants International.

[edit] Further reading

[edit] Personal Sites

• Animal Rights Lawyer
• Uncaged Films
• Animal Legislative Action Network
• ARME: Animal Rescue Media & Education
• MySpace entry for the movie

[edit] Interviews

• Interview with Shannon Keith, Part 1
• Interview with Shannon Keith, Part 2
• Rescue Roundtable presents Shannon Keith - 'Behind the Mask' Mary Catalano interviews Shannon Keith about her movie 'Behind the Mask' which details the Animal Liberation Front's movement. [1]
• ALF Interview with the director
• Animal Voices interview with Shannon Keith