Dog Quote by Jessica Pierce

“Yet still, beneath all the marketing and social construction of attitudes and desires and shopping habits, there is a deep yearning for connection. The…

— Jessica Pierce

“There is a tendency to oversimplify the issue of spay/neuter and to promote the essential benefits without recognizing that our animals do suffer some…

— Jessica Pierce

“A common misconception is that pets have easy lives. They don’t have to do any work to find food and shelter or to protect…

— Jessica Pierce

“I know that market value is a repulsive accounting of somebody’s worth, and many of us would be unable to put a monetary value…

— Jessica Pierce

“If you balk at the idea that dogs could be bred like pigs, I’m sorry to disabuse you. Dogs and pigs alike are treated…

— Jessica Pierce

“Emotional attachments to and functions of animals in human families are highly variable — and not always positive. Some family pets are surrogate children,…

— Jessica Pierce

“Often we jump to the conclusion that a dog or cat who doesn’t like to be petted is cranky or unfriendly, but this isn’t…

— Jessica Pierce

“I recently asked a veterinarian friend how he thought about our relationship to companion animals. “They are slaves—chattel slaves,” he said breezily. I was…

— Jessica Pierce

“Massive round-ups of strays have been replaced by daily intake and elimination, the large crate full of dead dogs replaced by a steady trickle…

— Jessica Pierce

“I’m focusing here on dogs because this is where almost all of the research and exposés lead us. But of course puppies aren’t the…

— Jessica Pierce

“Animals are not genderless objects. “He” and “she” are vast improvements over “it.” “Who” is more fitting than “that” or “which.” (So, it isn’t…

— Jessica Pierce

“Pets are not eaten (usually), but they feed our souls.”

— Jessica Pierce