Pet ownership is slavery. Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or be entertained by. — 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
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
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
Pigeons are among the most maligned urban wildlife despite the fact that human beings brought them to our shores and turned them… — 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
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
We’re looking for good lawsuits that will establish the interests of animals as a legitimate area of concern in law. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
I don't use the word 'pet.' I think it's speciest language. I prefer 'companion animal.' We would no longer allow... pet shops...… — 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
When I hear of anyone walking into a lab and walking out with animals, my heart sings. — 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
To me, it is one world, and the non-human animals bear the brunt of oppression and suffering. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
There's nothing humane about the flesh of animals who have had one or two or even three improvements made in their singularly… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
When we build an attractive home, we raze land on which animals have already built their homes. They have nowhere to go. — 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
Recognize meat for what it really is: the antibiotic- and pesticide-laden corpse of a tortured animal. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
At PETA, we often say that the issue of how animals are treated isn't just about them; it's about us, how we… — 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
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