Brigitte Gothière | |
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Born | 18 May 1973 |
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Animal rights and antispeciesist activist, editor |
Spouse | Sébastien Arsac |
Children | 2 |
Brigitte Gothière (born 18 May 1973) is a French animal rights activist, spokesperson and director of the animal rights organization L214, which she co-founded with her husband Sébastien Arsac. She was also the editor of the journal Cahiers antispécistes from 1998 to 2019.
Gothière was born on 18 May 1973; her mother was a nurse and her father, an electrical engineer. She studied mathematics and electronics in higher education. [1] In 1993, when she was a student, she decided to stop eating meat, as well as any animal products. [2] After graduation, she taught at a vocational high school [1] and taught applied physics in Lyon. [2]
With a few activists, in 2003, she launched the "Stop Gavage" collective, which fights against the force-feeding of geese and ducks. [3] This led to the establishment, in 2008, of the animal rights association L214, which disseminates shocking images of slaughterhouses to raise awareness of the animal cause; [4] Gothière is the spokesperson and director. [5] She has argued that "only a vegan society would amount to success", but that small steps are progress. [6]
Gothière was an editor of antispeciesist journal Cahiers antispécistes, from 1998 to the end of its publication in 2019. [7]
She is married to Sébastien Arsac, who is also an animal activist; the couple has two children, who are also vegan. [1]