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I fight for the voiceless | Marty Irby - S.O.S. podcast #74
The Wi-Fi in the Carpenter household is fixed, and Sunday’s show is now tonight! Marty is such a fantastic guest who took his own experiences as an underdog and now uses those to fight for those beings we are charged as humans to protect.
Long before I became so outspoken on social media, I was an animal protection advocate holding stop puppy mill signs in front of pet stores. This experience cemented my mission as a crusader for justice, so I could not be more honored to return to my roots in the animal welfare movement and bring on such a mighty warrior in this fight.
Marty Irby is one of the nation’s top lobbyists and the only federal animal protection lobbyist living in Washington, D.C., who was named as one of The Hill’s Top Lobbyists for 2019, 2020, and 2021.
Irby was honored by the late Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2020 for his work to protect horses and end violence in horse training. He was also recognized on national television in the Oval Office by President Donald J. Trump at the signing of the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act that Irby helped usher to passage in 2019.
He currently serves as chief lobbyist and executive director at Animal Wellness Action; on the board of directors and as board secretary for the Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM); as the Congressional Liason for the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Animal Law Section; as well as on the Steering Committee for both Congresswoman Nancy Mace, R-SC-01, and Congressman Buddy Carter, R-GA-01.
Before joining Animal Wellness Brands, Irby headed up the equine protection and rural affairs departments at The Humane Society of the United States and served as the senior Republican lobbyist on Capitol Hill for the Humane Society Legislative Fund.
Irby worked in the United States House of Representatives for Congressman Ed Whitfield, R-KY-01, serving as Press Secretary, then Communications Director and Agriculture, Animal Protection, Science Committee, and NASA Policy Advisor.
In October 2005, Mr. Irby was elected to the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ & Exhibitors’ Association’s (TWHBEA) International Board of Directors.
While president, Mr. Irby shifted his focus towards animal protection - and joined the charge to eliminate cruel training practices in the equine world.
Irby has successfully worked
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