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Jessica Groling

Updated: Nov 14, 2023

Location: Torquay and University of Exeter


Affiliations: Devon County Sabs, Weymouth Hunt Sabs

Groling is an animal rights activist who teaches at the University of Exeter, where she lives with a hoard of rescued rats and works in Exeter’s Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology Department. She primarily works within the research unit EASE – Exeter Anthrozoology and Symbiotic Ethics Working Group. Her research centres on the relationships between humans and animals. In addition, she lectures on the undergraduate BA Anthropology and the MA Anthrozoology courses, where she has the opportunity to impress her own agenda on the minds of young people.


Groling has acted illegally in the name of her beliefs. She once publicly admitted to stealing a cow from a farmer, having made an uninformed analysis and decided the cow needed rescuing. Her action is objectively illegal, as she had no right or basis of knowledge to make a decision on the matter.

In August 2023, she was filmed loitering outside someone’s place of work. When confronted she told the man filming to f*** off, after announcing she had stopped to publicly urinate outside the property.


At Exeter, Groling is also an Academic Conduct Officer- a concerning position for someone with her history of dubious actions.


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