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{{Short description|English animal rights activist and journalist}}
'''Andrew Tyler''' is the director of [[Animal Aid]], the UK's largest [[animal rights]] organization. Tyler has been an animal rights campaigner and journalist for 30 years.
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==Works==
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*Big Pig [http://www.animalaidshop.org.uk/fiction.htm]
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*with Peter Webbon. [http://www.animalaid.org.uk/news/2006/0604guar.htm "Should the Grand National be axed for being too cruel?"], ''The Guardian'', May 4, 2006. [http://sport.guardian.co.uk/horseracing/comment/0,,1746965,00.html]
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*[http://www.animalaid.org.uk/news/2006/0604vivact.htm "An Act that has failed to protect animals"], ''The Independent'', April 17, 2006. [http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article358240.ece]
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*[http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1645191,00.html Don't be blinkered to the cruelty of racing], ''The Guardian'', November 18, 2005.
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*[http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:dXWB8nxcWywJ:www.veganviews.org.uk/vv90/vv90porton.html+%22andrew+tyler%22&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=10 "Porton Down"], ''Vegan Views'', Autumn 2001.
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*[http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:RrorMBmj6bAJ:www.geneticfutures.com/pig/info/sheet2.asp+%22andrew+tyler%22&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=1 "Xenotransplantation"], ''Genetic Futures News'', undated, retrieved September 18, 2006.
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*[http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1184669,00.html A National disgrace?], ''The Guardian'', April 3, 2004.
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'''Andrew Tyler''' (8 September 1946 – 28 April 2017) was an English [[animal rights]] activist and journalist. He was the director of the animal rights organisation [[Animal Aid]], until 2016. As a journalist, he wrote for ''[[Drapers (magazine)|Drapers & Fashion Weekly]]'', ''[[NME]]'', [[Time Out (magazine)|''Time Out'']], ''[[The Guardian]]'' and ''[[The Independent]]''.

== Biography ==
Tyler was born on 8 September 1946,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2017-04-28|title=Andrew Tyler|url=https://www.animalaid.org.uk/andrew-tyler/|access-date=2020-07-15|website=Animal Aid|language=en-GB}}</ref> in [[Hackney, London]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Gold|first=Mark|author-link=Mark Gold (activist)|date=2017-05-22|title=Andrew Tyler obituary|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/may/22/andrew-tyler-obituary|access-date=2020-07-15|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He grew up in a Jewish children's home from the ages of six to fourteen, when he left school and worked his way up to being a junior reporter at ''[[Drapers (magazine)|Drapers & Fashion Weekly]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Tyler|first=Andrew|date=2017-10-10|title=Andrew Tyler|work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]]|url=https://www.thejc.com/andrew-tyler-1.445837|access-date=2021-12-01}}</ref> Tyler wrote for ''[[NME]]'' from 1973 to 1980, interviewing several famous musicians including, [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Ray Davies]], [[Leonard Cohen]] and [[John Lennon]]. In the early 1980s, he was news feature editor for ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]''. He joined Animal Aid in 1995, later becoming director.<ref name=":1" />

Tyler married Sara Starkey in 1978, who had a son from a previous marriage.<ref name=":1" />

Near the end of his life, Tyler suffered from a degenerative back condition and Parkinson's disease. He retired in 2016 and finished his memoir ''My Life As an Animal'' (2017). For the final six weeks of his life, he recorded a [[video diary]], in which he advocated for allowing people to [[die with dignity]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Smith|first=Louie|date=2017-08-03|title=My last big adventure: Parkinson's disease sufferer's video diary of final weeks before ending life with Dignitas|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dignitas-adventure-video-andrew-tyler-10926684|access-date=2021-12-01}}</ref> Tyler ended his life at the [[Dignitas clinic]] in Switzerland,<ref name=":1" /> on 28 April 2017.<ref name=":0" />

==Selected publications==
=== Articles ===
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091206024439/http://www.veganviews.org.uk/vv90/vv90porton.html "Porton Down"], ''Vegan Views'', Autumn 2001.
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* [https://www.theguardian.com/comment/story/0,3604,1184669,00.html A National disgrace?], ''The Guardian'', 3 April 2004.
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* with Peter Webbon. [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/apr/05/horseracing.comment "Should the Grand National be axed for being too cruel?"], ''The Guardian'', 4 May 2006.
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* [https://www.theguardian.com/comment/story/0,3604,1645191,00.html Don't be blinkered to the cruelty of racing], ''The Guardian'', 18 November 2005.
* [https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/andrew-tyler-an-act-that-has-failed-to-protect-animals-6103505.html "An Act that has failed to protect animals"], ''The Independent'', 17 April 2006.
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101117220832/http://www.geneticfutures.com/pig/info/sheet2.asp "Xenotransplantation"], ''Genetic Futures News'', undated, retrieved 18 September 2006.

=== Books ===
* ''[https://www.animalaidshop.org.uk/fiction/big-pig-by-andrew-tyler Big Pig]'' (Animal Aid, 2005)
*''My Life As an Animal'' (2017)

== See also ==
* [[List of animal rights advocates]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*[http://www.animalaid.org.uk Animal Aid]
*[http://www.animalaid.org.uk Animal Aid]
*[http://www.mcspotlight.org/people/biogs/tyler.html CV for Andrew Tyler], McSpotlight.org; includes Tyler's witness statement to the [[McLibel case]].
*[http://www.mcspotlight.org/people/biogs/tyler.html CV for Andrew Tyler], McSpotlight.org; includes Tyler's witness statement to the [[McLibel case]].
*[https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Writer/andrew-tyler Andrew Taylor] at [[Rock's Backpages]]

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Latest revision as of 01:13, 4 November 2024

Andrew Tyler
Born(1946-09-08)8 September 1946
Hackney, London, England
Died28 April 2017(2017-04-28) (aged 70)
Zurich, Switzerland
Occupation(s)Animal rights activist, journalist
Spouse
Sara Starkey
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(m. 1978)​

Andrew Tyler (8 September 1946 – 28 April 2017) was an English animal rights activist and journalist. He was the director of the animal rights organisation Animal Aid, until 2016. As a journalist, he wrote for Drapers & Fashion Weekly, NME, Time Out, The Guardian and The Independent.

Biography

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Tyler was born on 8 September 1946,[1] in Hackney, London.[2] He grew up in a Jewish children's home from the ages of six to fourteen, when he left school and worked his way up to being a junior reporter at Drapers & Fashion Weekly.[3] Tyler wrote for NME from 1973 to 1980, interviewing several famous musicians including, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Ray Davies, Leonard Cohen and John Lennon. In the early 1980s, he was news feature editor for Time Out. He joined Animal Aid in 1995, later becoming director.[2]

Tyler married Sara Starkey in 1978, who had a son from a previous marriage.[2]

Near the end of his life, Tyler suffered from a degenerative back condition and Parkinson's disease. He retired in 2016 and finished his memoir My Life As an Animal (2017). For the final six weeks of his life, he recorded a video diary, in which he advocated for allowing people to die with dignity.[4] Tyler ended his life at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland,[2] on 28 April 2017.[1]

Selected publications

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Articles

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Books

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  • Big Pig (Animal Aid, 2005)
  • My Life As an Animal (2017)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Andrew Tyler". Animal Aid. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Gold, Mark (22 May 2017). "Andrew Tyler obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. ^ Tyler, Andrew (10 October 2017). "Andrew Tyler". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  4. ^ Smith, Louie (3 August 2017). "My last big adventure: Parkinson's disease sufferer's video diary of final weeks before ending life with Dignitas". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 1 December 2021.

Further reading

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