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Ingrid Newkirk

(1949) Activist United Kingdom

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Ingrid Newkirk is an activist from the United Kingdom.

Quick Facts About Ingrid Newkirk

Born: June 11, 1949
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Activist
Notable works: Making kind choices: everyday ways to enhance your life through earth-and animal-friendly living

About Ingrid Newkirk

Ingrid Elizabeth Newkirk is a British and American animal rights activist, author and the co-founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world's largest animal rights organization.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Ahimsa Award

Quotes by Ingrid Newkirk · Page 5

Seriously, I think everybody needs to be more disciplined; nobody needs any meat. But from a perspective of how many animals suffer,…

Animal

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At PETA, we often say that the issue of how animals are treated isn't just about them; it's about us, how we…

About

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When it comes to pain, love, joy, loneliness, and fear, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy.

Boys

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It is dangerous to engage in even the most innocuous-seeming discourse with the FBI/ Homeland Security/ a local detective.

Animal

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...no movement for social change has ever succeeded without 'the militarism component'....Thinkers may prepare revolutions, but bandits must carry them out

Animal

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I'd go to work early, before anyone got there, and I would just kill the animals myself...I must have killed a thousand…

Animal

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I am not a morose person, but I would rather not be here. I don't have any reverence for life, only for…

Animal - rights

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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...…

Addresses

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Eventually companion animals would be phased out, and we would return to a more symbiotic relationship, enjoyment at a distance.

Animal

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We do not advocate right to life for animals.

Animal

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Anybody who witnesses the suffering of animals and has a glimmer of hope of reducing that suffering can't take the position that…

Animal

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[I believe] that animals have a worth in and of themselves, and that they are not inferior to human beings but rather…

Animal

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Why go for a costly, sickly, mass-produced purebred when shelters are full of one-of-a-kind mixed breeds who are literally dying for a…

Dying

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I am just trying to make the best possible case for the animals. That is clearly what I have been put on…

Animal

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Whether or not we are religious, respecting others should be seen as just as important as looking out for ourselves, yet it…

Animal

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One day, we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals.

Animal

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Today, I marvel at the vegan foods in the supermarket, at the cruelty-free clothing choices in stores, and at the fantastic alternatives…

Alternatives

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The smallest form of life, even an ant or a clam, is equal to a human being

Ants

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