Affluent Quote by Peter Singer

Meat is complicated. We have to be thoughtful about the ecosystem that we're living in and not to destroy it because of the instant…

— Dominique Crenn

“Although justifications for wild meat harvest in terms of food for impoverished communities must be weighed seriously, it is critical to acknowledge that the…

— William J. Ripple

“I used to be endlessly troubled by meat-eating people who were uneasy with hunters and hunting. ... How can someone suggest that paying for…

— Steven Rinella

“the food movement needs people who can do the dirty work: hunt wild boar, gut deer, eat invasive species, try insects, raise animals the…

— John Durant

“Today farmers shift responsibility for their exploitation of animals to the general public, by speaking of 'consumer demand' for meat as if this technical…

— Brian Luke

The earth affords a lavish supply of richess of innocent foods, and offers you banquets that involve no bloodshed or slaughter; only beasts satisfy…

— Pythagoras

In Africa, we have the bush meat trade, which means that, on a very large scale, animals are being killed in the forests and…

— Frans de Waal

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

“If animals are just commodities, then we are just consumers, with no greater good than material pleasure and no higher law than appetite.”

— Matthew Scully

Meat consumption is a part of our evolutionary heritage; meat production has been a major component of modern food systems. Carnivory should remain, within…

— Vaclav Smil

Viewed from a holistic ecological perspective, some meat - such as conscientiously hunted animals - involves less suffering and environmental damage than arable agriculture,…

— Tristram Stuart

“We are not encouraged, on a daily basis, to pay careful attention to the animals we eat. On the contrary, the meat, dairy, and…

— Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson