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Mary Tyler Moore
Main Cause(s): health care reform
Keyword(s): animal protection
Movies In: The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV series),The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV series), Ordinary People, Flirting With Disaster,Just Between Friends,Six Weeks, Gore Vidal's Lincoln, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Last Best Year
Web Link 1: http://www.pettribune.com/2000/050100/celebrities.html
Web Link 2: http://www.lifetimetv.com/shows/intimate/port9718.html
Group Link 1: http://www.fidonyc.org
Group Link 2: http://www.farmsanctuary.org
Photo Link: Unknown
Submitted by: Johanna McCloy
Activism bio (charitable work)
Mary Tyler Moore has been an animal lover all of her life and is a spokesperson for various animal issues and organizations. She will be hosting the Farm Sanctuary's first annual Gala in New York City in May, 2001, but has also participated as a host and presenter for other animal organizations such as The Ark Trust and Delta Rescue. She also created the animal rescue organization, FIDO New York City, along with actress Bernadette Peters, which educates the public on domestic animal issues and helps in adopting stray or unwanted pets in the city. She is also widely respected for speaking out against the drug Premarin, used to alleviate menopausal symptoms in women, which is derived from the urine of pregnant horses. In addition to her tireless work on behalf of animals, she has long been a spokesperson for the Juvenile Diabetes Association, as she has lived with diabetes all of her own life.
Betty White
Main Cause(s): animal protection
Keyword(s): golden girls
Movies In: The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV series);The Golden Girls (TV series);The Pet Set (TV series); Lake Placid; The Story of Us; Hard Rain; Dennis the Menace Strikes Again; Just Men! (TV game show host);Ladies Man (TV series)
Web Link 1: http://www.thepetpress-la.com/articles/bettywhite.htm
Web Link 2: http://www.aarp.org/mmaturity/july_aug98/success.html
Group Link 1: http://207.201.142.91/
Group Link 2: http://www.morrisanimalfoundation.org/
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Submitted by: Johanna McCloy
Activism bio (charitable work)
Betty White is so active on behalf of animals, that her name is now practically synonymous with animal protection. She has been a member of spcaLA for 40 years and a trustee of the Morris Animal Foundation for 34 years. She is now the President Emeritus of that organization and sits on its Executive Committee. She was also on the Board of Trustees for the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association and supports a host of other animal conservation and protection organizations. She has also written books about animals and hosted a radio show as well as a TV show which she created surrounding the topic of companion animals. She devotes as much, if not more, time to animal activism as she does toward her acting career, and turns down parts if there is any question about the treatment or depiction of an animal in the film. In addition to her activism for animals, Betty White also volunteers her time to record audio books for the blind.
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