Ingrid Newkirk

The wonderful thing is that it's so incredibly easy to be kind.

— Ingrid Newkirk

I wish we all would get up and go into the labs and take the animals out or burn them down.

— Ingrid Newkirk

Pet ownership is an absolutely abysmal situation brought about by human manipulation.

— Ingrid Newkirk

Would I rather the research lab that tests animals is reduced to a bunch of cinders? Yes.

— Ingrid Newkirk

If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we…

— Ingrid Newkirk

Bulls can do nothing to demand justice. They can only defend themselves as best they can in a fight with a pre-determined…

— Ingrid Newkirk

It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.

— Ingrid Newkirk

That's what the Nazis did, isn't it? Treated those "others" they thought subhuman by making them lab subjects and so on. Even…

— Ingrid Newkirk

I know it's illegal [trespassing], but I don't think it's wrong.

— Ingrid Newkirk

Even if animal experiments did result in a cure for AIDS, of which there is no chance, I'd be against it on…

— Ingrid Newkirk

Pigeons are among the most maligned urban wildlife despite the fact that human beings brought them to our shores and turned them…

— Ingrid Newkirk

Being asked to support humane meat means being asked to support the suffering of animals in transport, to approve of treatment that…

— Ingrid Newkirk

Fortified plant-based milks are delicious and contain all the calcium, protein, and vitamin D of dairy products but with none of the…

— Ingrid Newkirk

You dont have to own squirrels and starlings to get enjoyment from them ... One day, we would like an end to…

— Ingrid Newkirk

Elephants have the largest brains of any mammal on the face of the Earth. They are creative, altruistic and kind.

— Ingrid Newkirk

Going meat-free can make a huge difference. Studies show that vegetarians are, on average, 10 to 20 pounds lighter than meat-eaters and…

— Ingrid Newkirk

Real nutrition comes from soybeans, almonds, rice, and other healthy vegetable sources, not from a cow's udder.

— Ingrid Newkirk

Even painless research is fascism, supremacism.

— Ingrid Newkirk

We are not in the home finding business, although it is certainly true that we do find homes from time to time…

— Ingrid Newkirk

I will be the last person to condemn ALF [the Animal Liberation Front].

— Ingrid Newkirk

In the end, I think it would be lovely if we stopped this whole notion of pets altogether,

— Ingrid Newkirk

If you like to bake with eggs, you can substitute Ener-G egg replacer, bananas, tofu, or many other ingredients. You get the…

— Ingrid Newkirk

Animals aren't any better equipped to survive an emergency than humans are. Few people missed the fact that after Hurricane Katrina, people…

— Ingrid Newkirk

A burning building doesnt help melt peoples hearts, but times change and tactics, Im sure, have to change with them. If you…

— Ingrid Newkirk

Perhaps the mere idea of receiving a nasty missive will allow animal researchers to empathize with their victims for the first time…

— Ingrid Newkirk