Pet ownership is slavery. Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or be entertained by. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Perhaps measuring animal intelligence by comparing it to human intelligence isn't the best litmus test. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Probably everything we do is a publicity stunt ... we are not here to gather members, to please, to placate, to make… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
All of us in society are supposed to believe that cruelty to animals is wrong and that it is a good thing… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
I think if you're against cruelty and you look at what happens to animals in slaughterhouses and on factory farms, you have… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Every animal has his or her story, his or her thoughts, daydreams, and interests. All feel joy and love, pain and fear,… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
I find that as I get older I seem to become more of a Luddite... And hearing animal experimenters describe me as… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Ninety-five percent of the eggs produced in America come from factory-farmed birds. Even if free-range farms were hugely more humane, the sheer… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Society is celebrity-based and we are determined to use [celebrities'] voices to make sure no one forgets there are issues over the… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
I wish we all would get up and go into the labs and take the animals out or burn them down. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Pet ownership is an absolutely abysmal situation brought about by human manipulation. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Would I rather the research lab that tests animals is reduced to a bunch of cinders? Yes. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Even if animal experiments did result in a cure for AIDS, of which there is no chance, I'd be against it on… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Being asked to support humane meat means being asked to support the suffering of animals in transport, to approve of treatment that… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
You dont have to own squirrels and starlings to get enjoyment from them ... One day, we would like an end to… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
We are not in the home finding business, although it is certainly true that we do find homes from time to time… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
I will be the last person to condemn ALF [the Animal Liberation Front]. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Animals aren't any better equipped to survive an emergency than humans are. Few people missed the fact that after Hurricane Katrina, people… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Perhaps the mere idea of receiving a nasty missive will allow animal researchers to empathize with their victims for the first time… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
When it comes to having a central nervous system, and the ability to feel pain, hunger, and thirst, a rat is a pig is… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
We all have prejudices to dispel: the need to get away from thinking that 'I' am important and special and 'you' are not, and… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
The extinction of Homo Sapiens would mean survival for millions, if not billions, of Earth-dwelling species. Phasing out the human race will solve every… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Pet ownership is slavery. Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or be entertained by. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Perhaps measuring animal intelligence by comparing it to human intelligence isn't the best litmus test. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
One hates to be absolute, but in my view, there is no such thing as humane meat. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Probably everything we do is a publicity stunt ... we are not here to gather members, to please, to placate, to make friends. We're… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that people dont have the right to manipulate or to breed dogs and cats ... If people want toys, they… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Even painless research is fascism, supremacism, because the act of confinement is traumatizing in itself. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image