Animals Quotes by Peter Singer

In appropriate circumstances we are justified in using humans to achieve goals (or the goal of assisting animals).

— Peter Singer

“Many people who think nothing of buying factory-farmed ham or chicken from a supermarket are quick to condemn hunting; yet hunting is…

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At present scientists do not look for alternatives simply because they do not care enough about the animals they are using.

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Grain that is used to feed animals that end up on our tables as turkeys and hams could have gone to feed…

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All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals.

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In most of the world, it is accepted that if animals are to be killed for food, they should be killed without…

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You shouldn't say 'animals' to distinguish between humans and non-humans. We are all animals.

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When fish experience something that would cause other animals physical pain, they behave in ways suggestive of pain, and the change in…

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Several countries - among them Austria, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, India, Israel and Sweden - ban or severely restrict the use of…

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There is no excuse for keeping wild animals in amusement parks or circuses. Until our governments take action, we should avoid supporting…

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We ought to consider the interests of animals because they have interests and it is unjustifiable to exclude them from the sphere…

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The newspapers do little better. Their coverage of nonhuman animals is dominated by "human interest" events like the birth of a baby…

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“The unchallenged assumption is that humans may use animals for their own purposes, and they may raise and kill them to satisfy…

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As for cages themselves, an ordinary citizen who kept dogs in similar conditions for their entire lives would risk prosecution for cruelty.…

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The animal liberation movement is saying that where animals and humans have similar interests - we might take the interest in avoiding…

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When children see animals in a circus, they learn that animals exist for our amusement. Quite apart from the cruelty involved in…

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Sometimes animals may suffer more because of their more limited understanding. If, for instance, we are taking prisoners in wartime we can…

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Whatever the reason, for most of the present century, the literature and publicity of the old established [animal welfare] groups made a…

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There has been opposition to experimenting on animals for a long time. This opposition has made little headway because experimenters, backed by…

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“If we have learned anything from the liberation movements, we should have learned how difficult it is to be aware of the…

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My aim is to advocate that we make this mental switch in respect of our attitudes and practices towards a very large…

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If animals are no longer quite outside the moral sphere, they are still in a special section near the outer rim. Their…

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Habits of thought lead us to brush aside descriptions of cruelty to animals as emotional, for "animal-lovers only"; or if not that,…

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“The animals themselves are incapable of demanding their own liberation, or of protesting against their condition with votes, demonstrations, or bombs. Human…

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If they [animals] were really to get the equal consideration that I believe they should, we wouldn't have commercial animal production in…

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Animals, or at least those who are conscious and capable of suffering or enjoying their lives, are not things for us to…

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Surely there will be some nonhuman animals whose lives, by any standards, are more valuable than the lives of some humans.

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“An area of land used for crops will feed about ten times as many people as the same area of land used…

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Animal factories are one more sign of the extent to which our technological capacities have advanced faster than our ethics.

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We should give the same respect to the lives of animals as we do to the lives of humans.

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Christianity is our foe. If animal rights is to succeed, we must destroy the Judeo-Christian religious tradition.

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“Until we boycott meat, and all other products of animal factories, we are, each one of us, contributing to the continued existence,…

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There could conceivably be circumstances in which an experiment on an animal stands to reduce suffering so much that it would be…

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For most humans, especially for those in modern urban and suburban communities, the most direct form of contact with nonhuman animals is…

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In most countries, it is possible to visit zoos and see bored animals pacing back and forth in cages, with nothing to…

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Attempts to defend amusement parks and circuses on the grounds that they 'educate' people about animals should not be taken seriously. Such…

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“Dairy farmers routinely remove calves from their mothers at an early age so that the milk will be available for humans; anyone…

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If we are concerned about the exploitation of human workers in countries with low standards of worker protection, we should also be…

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If you're buying animal products and can go to the farm and actually see how the animals are looked after, yes, that's…

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We are not especially 'interested in' animals. Neither of us had ever been inordinately fond of dogs, cats, or horses in the…

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