You cannot begin to preserve any species of animal unless you preserve the habitat in which it dwells. Disturb or destroy that… — Gerald Durrell Copy Share Image
“It was in America that horses first roamed. A million years before the birth of man, they grazed the vast plains of… — Nicholas Evans Copy Share Image
Humans have a fraught relationship with beasts. They are our companions and our chattel, our family members and our laborers, our household… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
When a herd of cattle see a strange object, they are not satisfied till each one has sniffed it; and the horse… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
In technological development, in production of material goods and creature comforts, we've challenged the very gods, but psychologically, emotionally, we're scarcely more… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“But I have learned that with creatures one loves, suffering is not the only thing for which one may pity them. A… — Richard Adams Copy Share Image
The entire animal rights movement in the United States reacted with unfettered glee at the Ban in England ...We view this act… — Wayne Pacelle Copy Share Image
Embryology reveals surprising similarities between early embryos of seemingly quite different animals. And it also shows that some structures that may look… — Alice Roberts Copy Share Image
“Just so you know,’ I explained, remembering my own earlier arrogance, ‘if you’ve ever owned a cat and therefore think you know… — Peter Allison Copy Share Image
“We begin our naming. The names drop into greens that tighten. Greens that deepen. The wind has begun its relentless thinking. Now… — Carol Berg Copy Share Image
There are times when you do have to bring animals into captivity to save a species like California Condors, or Arabian Aurochs.… — Eric Goode Copy Share Image
Do you know how the naturalist learns all the secrets of the forest, of plants, of birds, of beasts, of reptiles, of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
With every passing year we discover more evidence to support Darwin's revolutionary hypothesis that the cognitive and emotional lives of animals differ… — Roger Fouts Copy Share Image
When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck… — Marv Levy Copy Share Image
“What creature goes on four feet in the morning, on two at noonday, on three in the evening? Man. In childhood he… — Oedipus Copy Share Image
“Considered interrupting them to note that the entire history of humanity is marked by a single inexorable movement—from animal instinct toward rational… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
There are good intentions behind many people's conversion to veganism, including an admirable devotion to the well-being of animals and a justified… — Julie Klausner Copy Share Image
PETA doesn't want stressed animals to be cruelly crowded into sheds, ankle-deep in their own crap, because they don't want any animals… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
“Favorite Quotations. I speak my mind because it hurts to bite my tongue. The worth of a book is measured by what… — Pat Frayne Copy Share Image
“We send one species to the butcher and give our love and kindness to another apparently for no reason other than because… — Melanie Joy Copy Share Image
Elephants are my favourite creatures and have been since I was a boy and my mother read Kipling's The Elephant's Child to… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Violent predators are not like the rest of us. They kill for fun, for sport, for the sake of it. To compare… — Susan Estrich Copy Share Image
Animals are a huge part of my life, so yes, if you are going to be a part of my life, you… — Beth Ostrosky Stern Copy Share Image
When I was a kid if I was unhappy, I'd stroke my dog. I was into bringing injured birds into the house,… — Steve McFadden Copy Share Image
“And as for those high school students who tell me they would rather be a cat than an MD because they prefer… — Nick Trout Copy Share Image
Unlike other animals, all of which are undoubtedly oblivious to their eventual demise, humans are fully aware that their time on Earth… — Gad Saad Copy Share Image
Year after year, animal print, hides, fur, tusks et al find their way into the home as design elements in various spaces;… — Hilary Farr Copy Share Image
“As the English historian Marc Gold wrote in 1995, “The term animal rights is nothing more than a useful kind of shorthand… — Paul Waldau Copy Share Image
Many animals even now spring out of the soil, Coalescing from the rains and the heat of the sun. Small wonder, then,… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
For most humans, especially for those in modern urban and suburban communities, the most direct form of contact with nonhuman animals is… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I published a thesis about animal rights when I was studying in England in 1991. Back then, I was a human rights… — Park Won-soon Copy Share Image
“What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
We are a nation of physical animals who have forgotten how much we enjoy being that. We are cushioned by this kind… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Animals are being exploited in such an unbelievable way; it's not acceptable. PETA is trying to get your attention, and they're successful… — Alicia Silverstone Copy Share Image
We don't have to go to wild places to find wildlife. A surprisingly wide range of species can be found in our… — Roger Tory Peterson Copy Share Image
“the most ethical option is not to stop hunting animals, but to re-enter the food chain and replace the predators that we… — John Durant Copy Share Image
'Meat' is a vague term and can be used to refer to many parts of an animal, including internal organs and skin.… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
I grew up on a farm and my grandfather quit school when he was 12, but when it came to common sense… — Ian Dunbar Copy Share Image
“Much of human behavior can be explained by watching the wild beasts around us. They are constantly teaching us things about ourselves… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
I was very into animals and nature, and really obsessed with cats and monkeys. I used to play in the woods, wander… — Tig Notaro Copy Share Image