--- title: "13 Animal - rights Quotes By Paul Watson" description: "13 Animal - rights quotes by Paul Watson. Plus more from Paul Watson and more Animal - rights sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/paul-watson-1855_ability_intelligence-is-the-ability-of-a-species_2203825.jpg" --- > [Intelligence is the ability of a species to live in harmony with its environment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/intelligence-is-the-ability-of-a-species-to-live-in-harmony-with-its/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/paul-watson-1855_ability_intelligence-is-the-ability-of-a-species_2203825.jpg) > [Pigs eat more tuna than all the planet's sharks combined.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/pigs-eat-more-tuna-than-all-the-planet-s-sharks-combined/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/paul-watson-1855_animal_pigs-eat-more-tuna-than-all-the-planet-s_1135325.jpg) > [I can assure you no whales are going to be killed today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/i-can-assure-you-no-whales-are-going-to-be-killed-today/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8aa/paul-watson-1855_animal_i-can-assure-you-no-whales-are-going-to_1349338.jpg) > [Unlike aboriginal hunters, commercial seal hunters leave the carcasses on the ice to rot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/unlike-aboriginal-hunters-commercial-seal-hunters-leave-the-carcasses/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/474/paul-watson-1855_aboriginal_unlike-aboriginal-hunters-commercial-sea_1805745.jpg) > [Atlantic puffins starve to death so that Danish chickens can feast on their fish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/atlantic-puffins-starve-to-death-so-that-danish-chickens-can-feast-on/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a6/paul-watson-1855_animal_atlantic-puffins-starve-to-death-so-that_1368885.jpg) > [This isn't a hunt that's going to kill just four or five gray whales. The repercussions of this will have an effect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/this-isn-t-a-hunt-that-s-going-to-kill-just-four-or-five-gray-whales/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/paul-watson-1855_animal_this-isn-t-a-hunt-that-s-going-to-kill-j_1516954.jpg) > [Once we get three more directors elected, the Sierra Club will no longer be pro-hunting and pro-trapping and we can use the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/once-we-get-three-more-directors-elected-the-sierra-club-will-no/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb8/paul-watson-1855_addresses_once-we-get-three-more-directors-elected_1635369.jpg) > [North American cats eat more fish than all the world's seals put together, yet we lay the blame on the seals for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/north-american-cats-eat-more-fish-than-all-the-world-s-seals-put/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65c/paul-watson-1855_animal_north-american-cats-eat-more-fish-than-a_326175.jpg) > [ They \[Greenpeace\] forgot their original purpose and turned into a big, rich bureaucracy, more interested in fund-raising than in saving lives, so… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/they-greenpeace-forgot-their-original-purpose-and-turned-into-a-big/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/paul-watson-1855_animal_they-greenpeace-forgot-their-original-pu_811603.jpg) > [If you want to know where you would have stood on slavery before the Civil War, don’t look at where you stand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/if-you-want-to-know-where-you-would-have-stood-on-slavery-before-the/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/paul-watson-1855_animal_if-you-want-to-know-where-you-would-have_112828.jpg) > [We don't give a damn what you or anybody else on this planet thinks. We didn't sink those ships for you. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/we-don-t-give-a-damn-what-you-or-anybody-else-on-this-planet-thinks/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/paul-watson-1855_animal_we-don-t-give-a-damn-what-you-or-anybody_3068503.jpg) > [Back in 1980, whale watching surpassed whaling as an industry. Now it's worth about four times as much. Whale watching provides far,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/back-in-1980-whale-watching-surpassed-whaling-as-an-industry-now-it-s/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/paul-watson-1855_allies_back-in-1980-whale-watching-surpassed-wh_443046.jpg) > [As for myself, I do not believe in loggers, I believe in trees. I do not believe in fishermen, I believe in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/as-for-myself-i-do-not-believe-in-loggers-i-believe-in-trees-i-do-not/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/paul-watson-1855_alliances_as-for-myself-i-do-not-believe-in-logger_1061496.jpg) ## Other authors on Animal - rights ## More by Paul Watson > [Social change comes through people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/social-change-comes-through-people/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) > [Sea Shepherd is to terrorism what Groucho was to Marxism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/sea-shepherd-is-to-terrorism-what-groucho-was-to-marxism/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) > [You don't get anywhere unless you've had a little bit of a complicated life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/you-don-t-get-anywhere-unless-you-ve-had-a-little-bit-of-a/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) > [Here's the thing: Nobody gets extradited for a crime where nobody's been hurt, where no property's been damaged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/here-s-the-thing-nobody-gets-extradited-for-a-crime-where-nobody-s/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) > [The shark is the apex predator in the sea. Sharks have molded evolution for 450 million years. All fish species that are prey to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/the-shark-is-the-apex-predator-in-the-sea-sharks-have-molded/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) > [We are literally eating the oceans alive and there are simply not enough fish to continue to feed an ever expanding population of humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/we-are-literally-eating-the-oceans-alive-and-there-are-simply-not/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) > [I want to stay in the ocean. I'm not going to be able to do that from some holding cell in Japan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/i-want-to-stay-in-the-ocean-i-m-not-going-to-be-able-to-do-that-from/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) > [It is true that many of the Sea Shepherd crewmembers are inexperienced, but the fact is that these volunteers bring a passion to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/it-is-true-that-many-of-the-sea-shepherd-crewmembers-are/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) > [We have intelligent species on our planet that we are not even trying to communicate with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/we-have-intelligent-species-on-our-planet-that-we-are-not-even-trying/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) > [I don't think you really have to retire from what you do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/i-don-t-think-you-really-have-to-retire-from-what-you-do/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) > [If you want to know where you would have stood on slavery before the Civil War, don’t look at where you stand on slavery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/if-you-want-to-know-where-you-would-have-stood-on-slavery-before-the/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) > [People sometimes feel frustrated about what's going on in our oceans and environment, and 'Whale Wars' shows that ordinary people can take action and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/people-sometimes-feel-frustrated-about-what-s-going-on-in-our-oceans/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) > [The only language that the Japanese whaling industry understands is economics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/the-only-language-that-the-japanese-whaling-industry-understands-is/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) > [I'm not pessimistic about anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/i-m-not-pessimistic-about-anything/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) > [I don't eat fish because there is no such thing as sustainable fishing in the world right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/i-don-t-eat-fish-because-there-is-no-such-thing-as-sustainable/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal-rights/paul-watson/#itemlist", "name": "13 Animal - rights Quotes By Paul Watson", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Intelligence is the ability of a species to live in harmony with its environment.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Watson" }, "url": 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