Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are. — Bernadette Peters 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
I maintain that we ought to abolish the institution and stop causing or facilitating the existence of more 'companion' animals. — Gary L. Francione 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
After spending time with the rescued turkeys at Farm Sanctuary's shelter and seeing how similar they are to my furry companion animals… — Ginnifer Goodwin Copy Share Image
“In addition to selecting for infantile physical features in many of our pet breeds, we have carefully cultivated an infant-like dependency in… — Charles Danten Copy Share Image
I certainly believe that we have a moral obligation to care for the dogs, cats, and other nonhumans whose existence we have… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
“Pet owners like to think of themselves as the parents of their animals, but they overlook the fact that the ‘children’ they… — Charles Danten Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that people dont have the right to manipulate or to breed dogs and cats ... If people want… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
What a lonely species we are, searching for signals of life from other galaxies, adopting companion animals, visiting parks and zoos to… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
No consideration at all is given to the interests of the "pests" - the very word "pest" seems to exclude any concern… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The issue of animal use and abuse can seem insurmountable, it is tragic and it is complex. We love our companion animals… — Liz Marshall Copy Share Image
“Yet still, beneath all the marketing and social construction of attitudes and desires and shopping habits, there is a deep yearning for… — Jessica Pierce Copy Share Image
“I’m focusing here on dogs because this is where almost all of the research and exposés lead us. But of course puppies… — Jessica Pierce Copy Share Image
“Just as humanity has extended this basic equal consideration to humans (including those who were once outside of our moral community), we… — Bob Torres Copy Share Image
“I know that market value is a repulsive accounting of somebody’s worth, and many of us would be unable to put a… — Jessica Pierce Copy Share Image
“Massive round-ups of strays have been replaced by daily intake and elimination, the large crate full of dead dogs replaced by a… — Jessica Pierce Copy Share Image
“A common misconception is that pets have easy lives. They don’t have to do any work to find food and shelter or… — Jessica Pierce Copy Share Image
“There is a tendency to oversimplify the issue of spay/neuter and to promote the essential benefits without recognizing that our animals do… — Jessica Pierce Copy Share Image
“Animals are not genderless objects. “He” and “she” are vast improvements over “it.” “Who” is more fitting than “that” or “which.” (So,… — Jessica Pierce Copy Share Image
