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- Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. Nor is it an attempt to isolate oneself from the ugly realities of the world, to…
- People tend to care about dogs because they generally have more experience with dogs as companions; but other animals are as capable of suffering as…
- It may be thought justifiable to require tests on animals of potentially life-saving drugs, but the same kinds of tests are used for products like…
- With the eventual acceptance of Darwin's theory we reach a modern understanding of nature, one which has since then changed in detail rather than in…
- Sometimes animals may suffer more because of their more limited understanding. If, for instance, we are taking prisoners in wartime we can explain to them…
- It is an indication of the extent to which people are now isolated from the animals they eat that children brought up on storybooks that…
- We ought to consider the interests of animals because they have interests and it is unjustifiable to exclude them from the sphere of moral concern;…
- If zoos are like arks, then rare animals are like passengers on a voyage of the damned, never to find a port that will let…
- Cheats prosper until there are enough who bear grudges against them to make sure they do not prosper.
- Suppose I grant that pigs and dogs are self-aware to some degree, and do have thoughts about things in the future. That would provide some…
- Nineteen thousand children [are] dying every day. Does it really matter that we're not walking past them in the street? Does it really matter that…
- My aim is to advocate that we make this mental switch in respect of our attitudes and practices towards a very large group of beings:…
- The most callous, stupid things were done just because regulations required them...It was not until 1983, for example, that U.S. federal agencies stated that substances…
- The new freedom of expression brought by the Internet goes far beyond politics. People relate to each other in new ways, posing questions about how…
- The belief that the animals exist because God created them - and that he created them so we can better meet our needs - is…
- We need to learn how to capture and kill wild fish humanely - or, if that is not possible, to find less cruel and more…
- I would not question the sincerity of vegetarians who take little interest in Animal Liberation because they give priority to other causes; but when nonvegetarians…
- Several countries - among them Austria, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, India, Israel and Sweden - ban or severely restrict the use of wild animals in…
- When I was a child, my father used to take me for walks, often along a river or by the sea. We would pass people…
- There is no excuse for keeping wild animals in amusement parks or circuses. Until our governments take action, we should avoid supporting places where captive…
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