The bottom line is that people dont have the right to manipulate or to breed dogs and cats ... If people want toys, they should buy inanimate objects. If they want companionship, they should seek it with their own kind, — 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
