Probably everything we do is a publicity stunt ... we are not here to gather members, to please, to placate, to make… — 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… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Humans have grown like a cancer. We're the biggest blight on the face of the earth. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Six million Jews died in concentration camps, but six billion broiler chickens will die this year in slaughter houses. — 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
Pet ownership is an absolutely abysmal situation brought about by human manipulation. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Would I rather the research lab that tests animals is reduced to a bunch of cinders? Yes. — 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
I will be the last person to condemn ALF [the Animal Liberation Front]. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
In the end, I think it would be lovely if we stopped this whole notion of pets altogether, — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Perhaps the mere idea of receiving a nasty missive will allow animal researchers to empathize with their victims for the first time… — 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 am not only uninterested in having children. I am opposed to having children. Having a purebred human baby is like having… — 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
Our nonviolent tactics are not as effective. We ask nicely for years and get nothing. Someone makes a threat, and it works. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Animal liberationists do not separate out the human animal, so there is no rational basis for saying that a human being has… — 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
I'd go to work early, before anyone got there, and I would just kill the animals myself...I must have killed a thousand… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
I am not a morose person, but I would rather not be here. I don't have any reverence for life, only for… — 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
One day, we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals. — 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
