Animal Quote by Richard Gere

“If we understand “rights” to be legal protection against harm, then many animals already do have rights, and the idea of animal rights is…

— Cass R. Sunstein

I'm a huge supporter of animal rights - and I've been an outspoken critic of the cruelties routinely inflicted on livestock at factory farms.…

— Eric Schlosser

“The ten billion animals that are killed every year for meat and the virulent consequences of contemporary animal agricultural practices remain conspicuously absent from…

— Melanie Joy

Animal rights can be as extreme as not riding a horse, or not wearing leather, not having a pet at all. Animal welfare advocates…

— Eric Goode

My own experience has taught me not to underestimate the power of those who protest against cruelty. I'd also say that there may be…

— Bette Ford

Animals are complicated and so is the animal-rights opposition. It's hard to read motives in animals, and hard to read motives in politics.

— Bette Ford

If they [animals] were really to get the equal consideration that I believe they should, we wouldn't have commercial animal production in this country.

— Peter Singer

Animals aren't property, and the law generally finds it acceptable to use and kill animals for human gain, imposing prison terms and steep fines…

— Charlotte Laws

“We should not be surprised that more and more people feel comfortable about consuming animal products. After all, they are being assured by the…

— Gary L. Francione

Animals are being exploited in such an unbelievable way; it's not acceptable.

— Alicia Silverstone

It is an unfortunate fact that those people who are most eloquent in their demand for the conservation of animals are often those most…

— Andrew Linzey

It shouldn't be the consumer's responsibility to figure out what's cruel and what's kind, what's environmentally destructive and what's sustainable. Cruel and destructive food…

— Jonathan Safran Foer