BIOGRAPHY OF SHAYNIE AERO
Shaynie Aero is an actress and model who has been an animal lover and animal rights advocate her entire life.
Shaynie Aero has devoted her life to helping animals. She founded Animal Commandos, her own animal protection organization, in 1997. Shaynie also serves as co-director of Last Chance for Animals Arizona. She and her family always had at least three dogs at one time and they have rescued and sheltered scores of cats and kittens.
In her senior year of high school, Shaynie was voted the “friendliest” and the “cutest” girl in the yearbook. Shaynie also was unanimously voted the Key Club sweetheart. Key Club was the club for young men who were elected the high school club officers. Shaynie was a public speaker and a model.
Shaynie then set out to Hollywood where she worked on animal rights and made her living as an actress/model. She volunteered for such leading animal organizations as Last Chance for Animals and the Fund for Animals and for the effective committee that stopped pound seizure in Los Angeles. Shaynie was Liaison Officer for the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection(BUAV). Shaynie got Daniel Knox, Commander Todd Martin, Scott Smith, David Simmons,Bob Schwarz and Don Barnes into helping animals. Her friends included Christopher DeRose, Shaynie’s favorite actor, her mentor in her local group, Last Chance for Animals Arizona, and founder and president of Last Chance for Animals; Alex Pacheco, co-founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals; Mary Tyler Moore; Betty White; Doris Day; Gretchen Wyler; Amanda Blake; Diana Basehart; Eydie Adams; Jayne Meadows and Steve Allen; James Arness; John Phillip Law; Doug McClure; Robert Mitchum; Peter Falk; Ben Gazara; James Arness; Vince Edwards; Max Baer, Jr; Gardner McKay; Lloyd Bridges; Ron Ely; Jeremy Slade; Ralph Taeger; John Forsythe; Burt Reynolds; Andrew Prine; Nick Adams; Don Defoe; Eddie Albert; Brian Keith; Marlon Brando; Stewart Granger; Guy Madison; Hugh O’Brien; Lang Jeffries; Edson Stroll; Ben Murphy of Alias Smith and Jones; Jose Ferer; Fernando Lamas; Wayde Preston; Dennis Weaver; Fritz Weaver; Cliff Robertson; Terrance Stamp; Timothy Dalton; Marlon Brando; Robert Vaughn; Adam West; Ray Anthony; Roger Smith; Alex Cord; Mickey Hargitay who interviewed Shaynie on the Mickey Hargitay Show; Jason Robards, Jr.; Ty Hardin; Lloyd Bridges; Howard Duff; John Clark; Fred Bier; Ted Jordan; John Richardson; Michael Callan; Brandon Wilde; Eddie Albert; Don DeFoe; Richard Harrison; Jack Klugman; Vic Taybeck and Richard Basehart. Shaynie appeared in many television programs, in B movies and in art films and was a spokesperson in television and print commercials. Shaynie also was the West Coast Field Director for Cleveland Amory's Fund for Animals.
Shaynie was co_founder, with Scott S. Smith, of Vegetarian World Magazine and Reverence for Life Animal Rights Club. She was vice president of the Los Angeles Chapter of Pets and Pals which was founded by the one-time owner of the Oakland Raiders. Shaynie was events director for Dr. Merrill Chernov, M.D.'s organization People Saving Pets. Shaynie Aero was voted in by her peers as the leader in the fight against Los Angeles shelters releasing cats and dogs to laboratories. Shaynie was model and spokesperson for beauty without cruelty cosmetics in England and Los Angeles. In England Shaynie was under the wing of Lady Muriel Dowding and her son. Lady Dowding was the widow of Air Chief Marshall Dowding hero of the Battle of Britain. Shaynie was Chairperson of the Animal Task Force. She was appointed by Baxter Ward of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
Shaynie Aero has written and published poetry to help animals. Her poetry is available at www.poetry.com. Shaynie was given a very special letter to the editor award by PETA for effectively getting letters on animal issues to the editor in local and national newspapers. She received another award from In Defense of Animals in appreciation of her work for animal welfare.
Shaynie couldn’t resist the little stray cat who was given to her by Peter Falk. They named him “Mr. Columbo” and he did, indeed, find the perfect home. Shaynie landed a part on ‘Dallas,’ thanks to some stray cats that she was feeding on the MGM parking lot. That’s how she met Larry Hagman, an animal lover himself. After Hollywood, Shaynie lived in Europe for a number of years, and worked for the British Union for Abolition of Vivisection. The adventures she had in England and Italy could fill a long novel. Have you heard the saying, “When in Rome?” In Rome, there are literally hundreds of stray cats in the coliseum who are lovingly fed by the Italians. Shaynie did the same thing for the duration of her time in Rome.
Click here to read Shaynie’s letter writer extraordinaire award from PETA.
Go to this link to read a recently published letter to the editor on the plight of feral cats.
Click here to read the In Defense of Animals appreciation award to Shaynie Aero.
Today, Shaynie is working on the following campaigns to help animals:
Stopping disease charities from using animals in research. Read more on this issue by going to the following link www.pcrm.org.
Saving chimpanzees, wild horses, feral cats, and dogs who are abused around the world.
Stopping the ritual sacrifice of pigs in New Guinea.
Helping elephants in circuses.
Stopping the live export of lambs and sheep from Australia and England.
Working to stop the Heifer Project, that since 1944 has been sending innocent animals, primarily infants and young animals, including goats, pigs, lambs, chickens and cattle, to third world countries with no animal abuse laws.
Click here to view Shaynie’s photo album.
Shaynie has had many, many wonderful people help her save animals.
She would like to send a big thank you to Susu Levy for helping so many of our animal friends and animal organizations.
Shaynie also is deeply grateful to Christopher DeRose of Last Chance for Animals for his support, mentorship and aid in helping animals. Click on the link below to visit the Last Chance for Animals website:
http://www.lcanimal.org
Email Shaynie at: shaynie_aero@yahoo.com.
