It’s a big deal to be honored by a queen... let alone the late monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. A Mobile native is one of a few in the world who can boast this honor.
) - It’s a big deal to be honored by a queen... let alone the late monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. A Mobile native is one of just a few in the world who can boast this honor.
“My love for horses is inherent and it comes from my family-- my great-grandfather who was Sheriff Ray Bridges of Mobile and my grandfather, Dr. L. E. Irby and most of the people in Mobile have heard of them,” said Marty Irby, Executive Director of Animal Wellness Action in Washington, D.C. “I’ve been wanting to stop this for most of my life at least since I was 13 or 14 years old so Monty Roberts came to Tennessee and he met with us and I saw his training first hand and I was astounded and I knew- that was the first moment I knew I could stop this and change this all around the world.”
Irby’s legislative work drew a lot of attention-- and not all of it was positive. He faced many obstacles including death threats for his work against soring. Still, Irby said that did not stop him. Now an animal rights activist in Washington D.C. and founder/ executive director of Animal Wellness Action, Irby has not forgotten his Mobile roots.
Irby says he hopes his story will inspire people at home in Mobile. He says he could have never anticipated these larger-than-life experiences and the chance to fight for something he believes in.
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