We all have prejudices to dispel: the need to get away from thinking that 'I' am important and special and 'you' are… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
I think if you're against cruelty and you look at what happens to animals in slaughterhouses and on factory farms, you have… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
I find that as I get older I seem to become more of a Luddite... And hearing animal experimenters describe me as… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Society is celebrity-based and we are determined to use [celebrities'] voices to make sure no one forgets there are issues over the… — 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
A burning building doesnt help melt peoples hearts, but times change and tactics, Im sure, have to change with them. If you… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
If a girl gets sexual pleasure from riding a horse, does the horse suffer? If not, who cares? If you French kiss… — Ingrid Newkirk 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
In order to be kind, one must do. There is no point in thinking good thoughts and not acting on them. There… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
If Vice President Al Gore advocated killing rabbits to see if women are pregnant and called it a step forward for science,… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Look out for your baby or your friend, of course. That is easy. The test of moral fiber is to stick up… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Perhaps one of the most important things you can do for human beings is wean them off an animal-based diet. It hardens… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Seriously, I think everybody needs to be more disciplined; nobody needs any meat. But from a perspective of how many animals suffer,… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
If it's anything that's going to result in suffering to animals or people, then I don't think [the end] justifies the means...… — 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