In the end, I think it would be lovely if we stopped this whole notion of pets altogether, — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Euthanasia is the kindest gift to a dog or cat unwanted and unloved. — 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
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
When I hear of anyone walking into a lab and walking out with animals, my heart sings. — 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
Whether or not we are religious, respecting others should be seen as just as important as looking out for ourselves, yet it… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Anybody who witnesses the suffering of animals and has a glimmer of hope of reducing that suffering can't take the position that… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Why go for a costly, sickly, mass-produced purebred when shelters are full of one-of-a-kind mixed breeds who are literally dying for a… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
I'd go to work early, before anyone got there, and I would just kill the animals myself...I must have killed a thousand… — 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
The best bet for the horses would be to stop betting on the Derby and other horse races, and to stop breeding,… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Eventually companion animals would be phased out, and we would return to a more symbiotic relationship, enjoyment at a distance. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
We are opposed to all cruelty, so as advocates of non-violence, opponents of oppression, people who abhor the cruelty inherent in slaughtering… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Perhaps one of the most important things you can do for human beings is wean them off an animal-based diet. It hardens… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
PETA's campaign should be included in school curricula. If we can open children's hearts and minds to animals' needs, teach them to… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Animal hoarding was a dirty secret until hoarders appeared on our TV screens and showed how they are compelled to collect so… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Give your dog or cat respect, patience, understanding and love. And if you just change to one vegetarian day a week, that's… — 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
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
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
If that hideousness came here, it wouldn't be any more hideous for the animals — they are all bound for a ghastly… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
To me, it is one world, and the non-human animals bear the brunt of oppression and suffering. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
More power to [Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty] if they can get someone's attention. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
I will be the last person to condemn ALF [the Animal Liberation Front]. — 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
Recognize meat for what it really is: the antibiotic- and pesticide-laden corpse of a tortured animal. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
I hope SeaWorld is exploring how, like Ringling, it can get out of the wild animal business. — 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
One day, we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals. — 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
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
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
Pet ownership is slavery. Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or be entertained by. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share
Perhaps measuring animal intelligence by comparing it to human intelligence isn't the best litmus test. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share
One hates to be absolute, but in my view, there is no such thing as humane meat. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share
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
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
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
Even painless research is fascism, supremacism, because the act of confinement is traumatizing in itself. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share
All of us in society are supposed to believe that cruelty to animals is wrong and that it is a good thing to prevent… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share
I think if you're against cruelty and you look at what happens to animals in slaughterhouses and on factory farms, you have to be… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share
Humans have grown like a cancer. We're the biggest blight on the face of the earth. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share