"There is no evidence that an animal can……" — Jon Katz

"There is no evidence that an animal can take on the sophisticated task of deciding to end his life and to communicate that decision to us."

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20 Quotes by Jon Katz

Jon Katz has 20 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Dogs are born knowing exactly what they want to do: eat, scratch, roll in disgusting stuff, sniff and squabble with…
If you're going to love animals and have a life with them, the odds are you're going to lose them.…
Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. Powerful stuff.
Americans have an extraordinary love-hate relationship with the rich culture they've created. They buy, watch and read it even as…
It is difficult to see ourselves as we are. Sometimes we are fortunate enough to have good friends, lovers or…
I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them…
We are human, and we suffer, and unlike the animals on the farm, we are self-aware, and we know that…
The immature conscience is not its own master. It simply parrots the decisions of others. It does not make judgments…
It is possible to take something beautiful and lasting out of the heart-wrenching experience of seeing the animal you love…
My goats are not contemplative, accepting, or introspective. They are the Greek chorus of my farm, sometimes of my life.…
When you write about animals, of course, you are really writing about the people who love and live with them.…
When I wrote about media and technology, I had a lot of lonely, even intimate book talks. Since writing about…

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More Animal Quotes

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At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult. — Isaac Asimov
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will… — Francis of Assisi
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… — David Attenborough
Birds are the most popular group in the animal kingdom. We feed them and tame them and think we know… — David Attenborough
The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual… — David Attenborough
I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how… — David Attenborough
I'm not an animal lover if that means you think things are nice if you can pat them, but I… — David Attenborough
If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in… — David Attenborough
Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware… — David Attenborough

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