Animal - rights Quote by Marc Bekoff

When we kill animals to eat them they end up killing us because their flesh...was never intended for human beings, who are naturally herbivores.

— William C. Roberts

In most of the world, it is accepted that if animals are to be killed for food, they should be killed without suffering.

— Peter Singer

“Is it not a reproach that man is a carnivorous animal? True, he can and does live, in a great measure, by preying on…

— Henry David Thoreau

“You cannot kill and eat animals and expect to help them, much less challenge the food system that profits from our choice to keep…

— James McWilliams

We are opposed to all cruelty, so as advocates of non-violence, opponents of oppression, people who abhor the cruelty inherent in slaughtering we say…

— Ingrid Newkirk

The nature of human beings is to eat meat and fruits and vegetables, and therefore we have to kill animals. I don't have a…

— Eric Ripert

“The unchallenged assumption is that humans may use animals for their own purposes, and they may raise and kill them to satisfy their preference…

— Peter Singer

It is not how we breed, keep and kill animals for human consumption that has been the impetus for vegetarianism for thousands of years.…

— Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

Even animals have a conscience. Those in the jungle KILL only to eat, not live to kill. This is why we often see packs…

— Suzy Kassem

Every individual who eats flesh food, whether an animal is killed expressely for him or not, is supporting the trade of slaughtering and contributing…

— Philip Kapleau

The animals you eat are not those who devour others; you do not eat the carnivorous beasts, you take them as your pattern. You…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The issue of animal use and abuse can seem insurmountable, it is tragic and it is complex. We love our companion animals and we…

— Liz Marshall