Animal Quotes by Eric Goode

9 Animal quotes by Eric Goode

Eric Goode, filmmaker and activist, shares a handful of succinct reflections that underscore his commitment to animal welfare. In nine short statements, he balances humor and seriousness while addressing the creatures we share the planet with.

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I guess you could say I'm a closeted animal person, because a lot of my life I did it in secrecy. I…

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At the end of the day, the best sanctuaries are places like the Performing Animal Welfare Society in Northern California, where he…

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There is animal rights and animals rights organizations like PETA, then there's animal welfare, which is very different than animal rights.

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People fantasize about working with animals, and then they start doing it, and then they start to believe that they're indispensable and…

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Animal rights can be as extreme as not riding a horse, or not wearing leather, not having a pet at all. Animal…

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My focus personally has been to be a conservationist, which is to save species, protect wild lands, sometimes bring animals into assurance…

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Later in life, I started an organization that works to save tortoises and turtles that are threatened, but in full disclosure, I…

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But in this case people have hundreds and hundreds of animals, they have a menagerie. You can't possibly love that many animals.…

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Unlike accredited zoos like the Bronx Zoo, San Diego Zoo, the Los Angeles Zoo, these are private menageries, and these people are…

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If you keep more 230 tigers, it's like having 230 children, you don't really love them, you're just collecting them.

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I kept a few turtles and tortoises and maybe a snake in my apartment in New York City, off and on. Maybe sometimes against…

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I would say the big cat people see tigers as sort of a status symbol, as you would a Ferrari or fancy car collection.…

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Then I began filming a world that I knew quite a bit about. I was peripherally involved in that world much of my life…

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The reality of our world today is not every species can be left in the wild.

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Unlike accredited zoos like the Bronx Zoo, San Diego Zoo, the Los Angeles Zoo, these are private menageries, and these people are frightened and…

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I did a CNN pilot but they decided I wasn't Anthony Bourdain.

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The real takeaway should be to give your money to conservation programs around the world that are really working hard to save tigers in…

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I probably spent about 40 percent of 2019 on a plane and filming.

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At the end of the day, the best sanctuaries are places like the Performing Animal Welfare Society in Northern California, where he really provides…

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The Standard in Hollywood, when you check in, they have that sort of Area-like vignette behind the front desk with someone sleeping behind glass.…

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There are times when you do have to bring animals into captivity to save a species like California Condors, or Arabian Aurochs. But they…

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There is animal rights and animals rights organizations like PETA, then there's animal welfare, which is very different than animal rights.

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