Animal Quote by Peter Singer

A civilized society must count animals as worthy of moral consideration and ethical treatment. The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they…

— Jeremy Bentham

We ought to consider the interests of animals because they have interests and it is unjustifiable to exclude them from the sphere of moral…

— Peter Singer

“Rabbits (says Mr. Lockley) are like human beings in many ways. One of these is certainly their staunch ability to withstand disaster and to…

— Richard Adams

“My earliest recollection is of coming upon some rabbit tracks in the backyard snow. I must have been three or so, but I had…

— Matthew Scully

My point is that when you look at a rabbit and can see only a pest, or vermin, or a meal, or a commodity,…

— Matthew Scully

Rabbits (says Mr. Lockley) are like human beings in many ways. One of these is certainly their staunch ability to withstand disaster and to…

— Richard Adams

If some readers take away the idea that animals deserve better treatment in general, then I certainly won't argue.

— Robert Paul Weston

It doesn't matter if an animal can reason. It matters only that it is capable of suffering and that is why I consider it…

— Albert Schweitzer

People tend to care about dogs because they generally have more experience with dogs as companions; but other animals are as capable of suffering…

— Peter Singer

Why is not a rat as good as a rabbit? Why should men eat shrimps and neglect cockroaches?

— Henry Ward Beecher

Despite one or two minority appeals our society is not outraged at man's unremitting use of the animal world. Ecologists and environmentalists may talk…

— Andrew Linzey

Rabbits need dignity and above all the will to accept their fate.

— Richard Adams