This past Monday, HBO premiered a documentary on Ingrid Newkirk, the founder of PETA. Farmers should take the opportunity to gain insight into the organization that would like to see the end of animal production.

I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA offers a candid and introspective look at the beliefs and motives of the British-born Newkirk, who is both revered and despised for her uncompromising beliefs in the rights of animals. The program schedule will be repeated several times. Livestock producers will find much to criticize in this 72-minute documentary on the founder of PETA. But the film is not completely flattering to Newkirk. Some of her harshest critics are others from the animal rights movement.