Claire is a zoologist with a Masters Degree in Animal Behaviour and Welfare, specialising in the commercial exploitation of free-living animals. She has managed investigations on animals in laboratories within the UK, Africa, Asia and on UK farms; as well as carried out field investigations herself at aquariums, European zoos, circuses and farms. Claire has spearheaded ground-breaking campaigns within several leading UK-based animal rights NGOs. Her work at Animal Justice Project has been featured in the Mail Online, The Times, The Ecologist, BBC News, Sky News, ITV and other national media outlets. Claire spends much of her time outside work continuing to campaign for animal liberation. She lives in South West England with her adopted dog Greta.

This includes creating educational resources, planning national days of action, online rallies, street demonstrations and working with our investigations team to develop tactical campaigns. He lives with a dozen adopted animals, from cats to tortoises. Ayrton has a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from the University of Nottingham with key focuses in conservation and ecology. Ayrton volunteers for a vegan-run animal sanctuary and is a Trustee for two wonderful sanctuaries. Outside of working in animal rights, he regularly forages wild food for himself and his animals.

Sara has been vegan since 1995 and has dedicated years of her life to rescuing animals and working with animal sanctuaries across the UK. Alongside her animal rights activism, she runs Fear to Freedom Animal Rescue and volunteers as a Leader for Challenge 22 to help build the vegan community. Sara lives in Surrey with her cat and two dogs whom she adores and likes nothing more than going on long walks in the countryside.

Verity started her career in advocacy through building consumer technology tools to support consumers' ability to make more informed decisions regarding their food choices. Through working with partners on this project, Verity became acutely aware of the power of social media for mobilising movements for sustainability and animal advocacy causes. As a result, she began to work directly with non-profits and mission-aligned organisations to advocate for animal-free food systems. Although originally from the North East, Verity is based in Liverpool and has a degree in Biochemistry from the University of Liverpool. She has been vegan for over ten years and regularly shares vegan lifestyle including vegan cooking hacks through her own social channels.

In 2002, Aura became vegan and soon shifted focus to work solely with animal rights and protection organisations. Aura also spent ten years as an animal care professional and is especially passionate about senior animals, working closely with the Oldies Club to promote the adoption of older dogs and cats. Aura speaks four languages and has lived in Portugal, Canada, India (where she volunteered, working with free-living dogs) and Switzerland, before finally settling in the UK. The constants in her life have been her great love and respect for animals and her desire to work towards putting an end to all animal exploitation.

Tom's work for animals started in 2011, leading him to bring the Animal Save Movement to Ireland. He helped develop groups in every major city and co-organised the country's first official animal rights march. Tom studied Computer Science and object-oriented programming, so when it comes to technology, software and social media, he has a remarkable ability to learn and master them. Tom has always loved animals. He grew up around dogs and cats and would always stop to help an animal in need. Tom lives in Spain and shares his life with his partner Christina and their adopted dogs, Sabre and Meika.

Sean has been organising animal rights events for several years in Cambridge with a number of different organisations. He has also been involved in the planning of much larger national events. He has helped fundraise for animal sanctuaries through various running related stunts and works tirelessly to promote the movement at every given opportunity. Sean has written for several platforms in the vegan news space and has given public talks about his advocacy, most notably at the National Animal Rights March in 2023. In addition to this, he previously worked with Animal Advocacy Careers creating social media content and volunteers in the same capacity with Vegan Runners UK.

John lives in Darlington in the North East of England with his beloved cocker spaniel Bailey, whom he rehomed in 2022. John became vegan in 2016 and has volunteered with a number of animal rights organisations, including an animal sanctuary in Scotland where he developed a particular love for chickens.

He shares his home with three dog companions and a menagerie of adopted chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs. Nigel currently works in the Care Sector and within the Judiciary. He also volunteers for a number of animal rights and environmental groups, including Sea Shepherd UK and Lincolnshire Animal Save. A vegetarian/vegan for over 40 years, Nigel can also be found campaigning in schools on topics including the environment, pollution, animal rights and vegan inclusivity for children, featuring in local press and television. Any downtime sees Nigel walking the hedgerows and riverbanks with his litter-picker aid Angel, his constant campaigning canine companion.