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Animals Quotes by Ingrid Newkirk
- Eventually companion animals would be phased out, and we would return to a more symbiotic relationship, enjoyment at a distance.
- If that hideousness came here [to the U.S.], it wouldn't be any more hideous for the animals-they are all bound for a ghastly death anyway.…
- I'd go to work early, before anyone got there, and I would just kill the animals myself...I must have killed a thousand of them, sometimes…
- You dont have to own squirrels and starlings to get enjoyment from them ... One day, we would like an end to pet shops and…
- Anybody who witnesses the suffering of animals and has a glimmer of hope of reducing that suffering can't take the position that it's all or…
- We’re looking for good lawsuits that will establish the interests of animals as a legitimate area of concern in law.
- Would I rather the research lab that tests animals is reduced to a bunch of cinders? Yes.
- We are not in the home finding business, although it is certainly true that we do find homes from time to time for the kind…
- Whether or not we are religious, respecting others should be seen as just as important as looking out for ourselves, yet it requires discipline to…
- Pet ownership is slavery. Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or be entertained by.
- ....we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals.
- [I believe] that animals have a worth in and of themselves, and that they are not inferior to human beings but rather just different from…
- We do not advocate right to life for animals.
- All of us in society are supposed to believe that cruelty to animals is wrong and that it is a good thing to prevent needless…
- PETA's campaign should be included in school curricula. If we can open children's hearts and minds to animals' needs, teach them to treat a dog…
- Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as…
- To me, it is one world, and the non-human animals bear the brunt of oppression and suffering.
- 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 completely…
- Being asked to support humane meat means being asked to support the suffering of animals in transport, to approve of treatment that causes them palpable…
- At PETA, we often say that the issue of how animals are treated isn't just about them; it's about us, how we behave.
- Cows are gentle, interesting animals.
- Animal hoarding was a dirty secret until hoarders appeared on our TV screens and showed how they are compelled to collect so many dogs, cats…
- Animals aren't any better equipped to survive an emergency than humans are. Few people missed the fact that after Hurricane Katrina, people died because buses…
- Ninety-five percent of the eggs produced in America come from factory-farmed birds. Even if free-range farms were hugely more humane, the sheer number of animals…
- There's nothing humane about the flesh of animals who have had one or two or even three improvements made in their singularly rotten lives on…
More Animals Quotes
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway. — Mary Kay Ash
- People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile. — David Attenborough
- There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the problems of… — David Attenborough
- The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual dependency between… — David Attenborough
- I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how animals work. — David Attenborough
- I'm not an animal lover if that means you think things are nice if you can pat them, but I am intoxicated… — David Attenborough
- If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in life is… — David Attenborough
- Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware that you… — David Attenborough
- The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins… — Diane Ackerman
- We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet's health… — Diane Ackerman