"True
benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes
with the distress of every creature capable of sensation." -- Joseph Addison
Many years
ago, I was in a Broadway show and I had to wear a fox fur around my shoulders.
One day my hand touched one of the fox's legs. It seemed to be in two pieces.
Then it dawned on me.... her leg had probally been snapped in two by the steel
trap that had caught it. -- Bea Arthur
Life
is life--whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between
a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage.
-- Sri Aurobindo
The
question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they
suffer?" ~Jeremy Bentham
'For
the animal shall not be measured by man.In a world older and more complete than
ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we
have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not
bretheren; they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves
in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of
the Earth' -- Henry Beston
"Life
is life's greatest gift. Guard the life of another creature as you would your
own because it is your own. On life's scale of values, the smallest is no less
precious to the creature who owns it than the largest." -- Lloyd Biggle Jr.
I don't
hold animals superior or even equal to humans. The whole
case for behaving decently to animals rests on the fact
that we are the superior species. We are the species uniquely
capable of imagination, rationality, and moral choice -
and that is precisely why we are under an obligation to
recognize and respect the rights of animals.
-- Brigid Brophy
*
We know the poison from the radioactive dump will go down under the ground and
leak into the water. We drink from this water. The animals drink from this water.
We're worried that the animals will become poisoned, and we'll become poisoned
in our turn. -- Eileen
Kampakuta Brown & The Kungka Tju
May all that have
life be delivered from suffering. -- Buddha
When
a man has pity on all living creatures then only is he noble. --Buddha (563?
- 483? B.C.)
"Love
of animals is a universal impulse, a common ground on which all of us may meet.
By loving and understanding animals, perhaps we humans shall come to understand
each other." -- Louis J. Camuti
*
Until we have the courage to recognize cruelty for what it is--whether its victim
is human or animal--we cannot expect things to be much better in this world...
-- Rachel Carson
*
We cannot have peace among men whose hearts delight in killing any living creature.
By every act that glorifies or even tolerates such moronic delight in killing
we set back the progress of humanity. -- Rachel
Carson
"The
brute animals have all the same sensations of pain as human beings, and consequently
endure as much pain when their body is hurt; but in their case the cruelty of
torment is greater, because they have no mind to bear them up against their sufferings,
and no hope to look forward to when enduring the last extreme pain." -- Thomas
Chalmers
*
I was so moved by the intelligence,sense of fun and
personalities of the animals I worked with on Babe
that by the end of the film I was a vegetarian.
~ James
Cromwell
Pets
are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation
and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care
for all life.
~ James
Cromwell
*
Killing animals for sport, for pleasure, for adventure, and for hides and furs
is a phenomena which is at once disgusting and distressing. There is no justification
in indulging is such acts of brutality. - The
Dalai Lama
The love for all
living creatures is the most noble attribute of man. -- Charles Darwin
There
is no fundamental difference between man and the higher animals in their mental
faculties... The lower animals, like man, manifestly feel pleasure and pain, happiness,
and misery. -- Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
I
pledge ... TO EAT wholesome food produced locally
by organic methods, and to minimize my consumption
of food which I know to have involved cruelty to animals
or other environmental harm.
~ Guy
Dauncey
*
I PLEDGE to live, work and act in a loving, respectful
way towards this Earth that I call home, and towards
all who live upon it, every insect, animal, fish, bird,
plant, human and tree....
~ Guy
Dauncey
"The time will come
when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon
the murder of men." -- Leonardo Da Vinci
*
Killing an animal to make a coat is sin. It wasn't meant to be, and we have no
right to do it. -- Doris
Day
I love
all the shows that encourage people to love, appreciate and help animals. There
are more programs about animals than ever, and that pleases me. -- Doris
Day
I think
everything in my life has led to my animal welfare work. -- Doris
Day
Killing
an animal to make a coat is sin. It wasn't meant to be, and we have no right to
do it. A woman gains status when she refuses to see anything killed to be put
on her back. Then she's truly beautiful. -- Doris
Day
I had
been involved in animal welfare groups, but DDAL presented an opportunity to actually
create and pass legislation aimed at issues which really matter to so many people.
From local spaying and neutering ordinances, to legislation against puppy mills,
to standards to prevent animals from being tested for the sake of a new cosmetic,
we could – and did – make a difference. -- Doris
Day
for every
dollar spent on spaying and neutering now, $17 is saved and can be used for other
community projects. We work with the animals and the people who love them. --
Doris Day
I
ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's
such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I
have photographs of her. -- Ellen DeGeneres
"You
have to love animals for what they are or leave them alone. The best thing you
can do if you love them is leave them alone and see that other people do too."
-- Pat Derby
I realized that Eastern
thought had somewhat more compassion for all living things. Man was a form of
life that in another reincarnation might possibly be a horsefly or a bird of paradise
or a deer. So a man of such a faith, looking at animals, might be looking at old
friends or ancestors. In the East the wilderness has no evil connotation; it is
thought of as an expression of the unity and harmony of the universe. --
Justice William
O. Douglas
"Non-violence
leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution.
Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still
savages."
-- Thomas Edison
*
"If
a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first
act of abstinence is from injury to animals."
-- Albert
Einstein
Our
task must be to free ourselves... by widening our
circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures
and the whole of nature and its beauty.
-- Albert
Einstein
*
"If
a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act
of abstinence is from injury to animals."
-- Albert
Einstein
Our
task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle
of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the
whole of nature and its beauty.
-- Albert
Einstein
A human
being is a part of the whole, called by us the 'Universe',
a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself,
his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the
rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us
to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons
nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this
prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all
living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving
for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation
and a foundation for inner security.
-- Albert
Einstein
It's
sad. That's a living creature. We don't have the right to
take their life away for fashion.
-- Carmen Electra
Zoos
are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures -
of how animals once were in their natural habitat.
If the right policies toward nature were pursued,
we would need no zoos at all.
~Michael
J. Fox
*
Not to hurt our humble brethren (the animals) is our
first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough.
We have a higher mission--to be of service to them whenever
they require it... If you have men who will exclude
any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion
and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with
their fellow men.
-- Saint
Francis of Assisi
"The
awful wrongs and sufferings forced upon the innocent, helpless,
faithful animal race, form the blackest chapter in the whole
world's history."
-- Edward Freeman
Wild
animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom
the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing
in itself.
-- James A. Froude (1818-1894)
*
The
greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be
judged by the way its animals are treated.
-- Mohandas
K. Gandhi
*
The
greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be
judged by the way its animals are treated.
-- Mohandas
K. Gandhi
It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings
of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not practice
elementary compassion towards our fellow creatures.
-- Mohandas
Gandhi
I abhor
vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries
stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence.
-- Mohandas
Gandhi
To my
mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of
a human being. The more helpless the creature, the more
that it is entitled to protection by man from the cruelty
of man.
-- Mohandas
Gandhi
*
As
custodians of the planet it is our responsibility to
deal with all species with kindness, love and compassion.
That these animals suffer through human cruelty is beyond
understanding. Please help to stop this madness.
-- Richard
Gere
*
As
custodians of the planet it is our responsibility to
deal with all species with kindness, love and compassion.
That these animals suffer through human cruelty is beyond
understanding. Please help to stop this madness.
-- Richard
Gere
People
get offended by animal rights campaigns. It's ludicrous.
It's not as bad as mass animal death in a factory.
-- Richard
Gere
*
"If only we can overcome cruelty, to human and animal,
with love and compassion we shall stand at the threshold
of a new era in human moral and spiritual evolution
- and realize, at last, our most unique quality: humanity."
~ Jane
Goodall
*
"If only we can overcome cruelty, to human and animal,
with love and compassion we shall stand at the threshold
of a new era in human moral and spiritual evolution
- and realize, at last, our most unique quality: humanity."
~ Jane
Goodall
*
It's
really important to me to show the interconnectedness
of things. I always try to illustrate how environmentalism,
humanitarianism, animal rights -- all those things
-- are one and the same.
-- Daryl
Hannah
*
It's
really important to me to show the interconnectedness
of things. I always try to illustrate how environmentalism,
humanitarianism, animal rights -- all those things
-- are one and the same.
-- Daryl
Hannah
"Every
year tens of thousands of animals suffer and die in laboratory
tests of cosmetics and household products...despite the
fact that the test results do not help prevent or treat
accidental or purposeful misuse of the products. Please
join me in using your voice for those whose cries are forever
sealed behind the laboratory doors."
~ Woody Harrelson
In fact,
if one person is unkind to an animal it is considered to
be cruelty, but where a lot of people are unkind to animals,
especially in the name of commerce, the cruelty is condoned
and, once large sums of money are at stake, will be defended
to the last by otherwise intelligent people.
-- Ruth Harrison, author of Animal Machines
Ever
occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with
animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals
don't vote.
~Paul Harvey
Instead
of trying to be responsible for all the problems in
the world, we should take on what we love and care
about. Then we honor both our inner world and the
outer world at the same time. There’s no separation
between the two, and there is no hesitation, no self-doubt.
This will help us develop great faith that others
are taking care of their piece. People who don’t know
the details about climate change may care deeply about
the forests, the animals, and the children. It is
very important that we share, not only our merit,
but also the responsibilities. Somehow we have to
relieve ourselves of the enormity, which is so debilitating.
~ Paul
Hawken
*
"Until we stop harming all other living beings, we
are still savages."
~ Thomas
Jefferson
'During
my medical education at the University of Basle I found
vivisection horrible, barbarous and above all unnecessary'
-- C.G.Jung
"He
who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings
with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment
of animals.
-- Immanuel Kant
*
"One day the absurdity of the almost universal human
belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable.
We shall then have discovered our souls and become
worthier of sharing this planet with them." --
Martin
Luther King, Jr
Humanity's
true moral test, its fundamental test, consists of its attitude
toward those who are at tis mercy: animals. And in this
respect, human kind has suffered a fundamental debacle,
a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.
-- Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
*
"I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights.
That is the way of a whole human being."
-- Abraham
Lincoln
Ask
the experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the
answer is: "Because the animals are like us." Ask the experimenters
why it is morally okay to experiment on animals, and the
answer is: "Because the animals are not like us." Animal
experimentation rests on a logical contradiction.
~Charles R. Magel
All
beings seek for happiness; so let your compassion extend
itself to all.
--Mahavamsa
I would look at a dog and when our eyes met, I realized
that the dog and all creatures are my family. They're
like you and me.
-- Ziggy
Marley
I
would look at a dog and when our eyes met, I realized
that the dog and all creatures are my family. They're
like you and me.
-- Ziggy
Marley
I abhor
vivisection. It should at least be curbed. Better, it should
be abolished. I know of no achievement through vivisection,
no scientific discovery, that could not have been obtained
without such barbarism and cruelty. The whole thing is evil.
-- Charles Mayo (founder of the Mayo Clinic)
*
The medical argument for animal testing doesn't stand
up. Even if it did, I don't think we should kill other
species. We think we're so much better; I'm not sure
we are. I tell people, We've beaten into submission
every animal on the face of the Earth, so we are the
clear winners of whatever battle is going on between
the species. Couldn't we be generous? I really do think
it's time to get nice. No need to keep beating up on
them. I think we've got to show that we're kind.
-- Paul
McCartney
Cruelty
is one fashion statement we can all do without.
~Rue McClanahan
*
Care for all the animals they need our help
Care for all the children stop thinking of ourselves.
And if we work together to try for harmony
Someday we will live in peace
-- Country
Joe McDonald
*
Care for all the animals
they need our help
Care for all the children
stop thinking of ourselves.
And if we work together
to try for harmony
Someday we will live in peace
-- Country
Joe McDonald
"I have
always felt that the way we treat animals is a pretty good
indicator of the compassion we are capable of for the human
race."
-- Ali McGraw
*
...recognize and respect Earth’s beautiful systems
of balance, between the presence of animals on land,
the fish in the sea, birds in the air, mankind, water,
air, and land. Most importantly there must always
be awareness of the actions by people that can disturb
this precious balance."
-- Margaret
Mead
*
The reasons for legal intervention in favour of children
apply not less strongly to the case of those unfortunate
slaves and victims of the most brutal part of mankind
- the lower animals.
-- John
Stuart Mill
"Teaching
a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the
child, as it is to the caterpillar."
-- Bradley Miller
*
There are viable (and usually better) alternatives
to the use of animals for food, sport, clothing, &
experimentation. I beg you to discontinue any actions
that might cause or condone animal torture, abuse,
or destruction.
-- Moby
If
you don't want to be beaten, imprisoned, mutilated,
killed ot tortured, then you shouldn't condone such
behaviour towards anyone, be they human or not.
-- Moby
If
you look at the course of western history you'll see that
we're slowly granting basic rights to everyone. A long time
ago only kings had rights. Then rights were extended to
property-owning white men. Then all men. Then women. Then
children. Then the mentally retarded. Now we're agonizing
over the extension of basic rights to homosexuals and animals.
We need to finally accept that all sentient creatures are
deserving of basic rights. I define basic rights as this
--the ability to pursue life without having someone else's
will involuntarily forced upon you. Or, as the framers of
the constitution put it, the ability to have "life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness". By what criteria can you
justify denying basic rights to any living thing? Realize
that by whatever criteria you employ someone could deny
basic rights to you if they objected to your species, sexual
preferences, color, religion, ideology etc. Would you eat
your housecat, or force a mentally retarded child to ingest
oven cleaner? If not, then why is it ok to eat cows and
test products on sentient animals? I believe that to knowingly
commit actions that cause or condone suffering is reprehensible
in the extreme.I call upon you to be compassionate and treat
others as you want to be treated. If you don't want to be
beaten, imprisoned, mutilated, killed or tortured then you
shouldn't condone such behavior towards anyone, be they
human or not.
-- Moby
A good
deed done to an animal is as meritorious as a good deed
done to a human being, while an act of cruelty to an animal
is a bad as an act of cruelty to a human being."
-- Prophet Mohammed
Behind
every beautiful fur, there is a story. It is a bloody, barbaric
story.
-- Mary Tyler Moore
A human
being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we
know there are other food sources that do not require the
killing of a creature that would protest being killed.
-- Mary Tyler Moore
"When
it comes to having a central nervous system, and the ability
to feel pain, hunger, and thirst, a rat is a pig is a dog
is a boy."
-- Ingrid Newkirk
*
We should be evolving into a new age of business with
a worldview that maintains one simple proposition—that
all of nature: humans, animals, earth, are interconnected
and interdependent.
-- Anita
Roddick
*
We should be evolving into a new age of business with
a worldview that maintains one simple proposition—that
all of nature: humans, animals, earth, are interconnected
and interdependent.
-- Anita
Roddick
"To
a man whose mind is free there is something even more intolerable
in the sufferings of animals than in the sufferings of man.
For with the latter it is at least admitted that suffering
is evil and that the man who causes it is a criminal. But
thousands of animals are uselessly butchered every day without
a shadow of remorse. If any man were to refer to it, he
would be thought ridiculous. And that is the unpardonable
crime."
-- Romain Rolland, author, Nobel Prize 1915
*
"It seems to me of great importance to teach children
respect for life. Towards this end, experiments on living
animals in classrooms should be stopped. To encourage
cruelty in the name of science can only destroy the
finer emotions of affection and sympathy, and breed
an unfeeling callousness in the young towards suffering
in all living creatures."
-- Eleanor
Roosevelt
*
"It seems to me of great importance to teach children
respect for life."
-- Eleanor
Roosevelt
You
know, we all oppose animal cruelty. But sometimes we forget
that animals on farms suffer and feel pain like all other
animals. They, too, deserve to be protected from harm and
cruelty.
-- Charlotte Ross
*
"It is not THIS bloodshed, or THAT bloodshed, that must
cease; but ALL bloodshed - all wanton infliction of
pain or death."
-- Henry
Salt
Compassion
for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character;
and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel
to animals cannot be a good man.
--Arthur Schopenhauer
"The
assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion
that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is
a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity.
Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality."
-- Arthur Schopenhauer
*
We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty
with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as
much as we do. True humanity does not allow us to
impose such sufferings on them. It is our duty to
make the whole world recognize it. Until we extend
our circle of compassion to all living things, humanity
will not find peace.
-- Albert
Schweitzer
"A
man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred
to him, that of plants and animals as well as that
of his fellowman, and when he devotes himself helpfully
to all life that is in need of help."
-- Albert
Schweitzer
Until
we extend our circle of compassion to all living things,
humanity will not find peace.
-- Albert
Schweitzer
"Until
we extend our circle of compassion to all living things,
humanity will not find peace."
-- Albert
Schweitzer
"A
man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to
him, that of plants and animals as well as that of his
fellowman, and when he devotes himself helpfully to
all life that is in need of help."
-- Albert
Schweitzer
The
thinking man must oppose all cruel customs no matter how
deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When
we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury
into the life of another, even the lowliest creature; to
do so is to renounce our manhood and shoulder a guilt which
nothing justifies.
-- Albert
Schweitzer
It is
the fate of every truth to be an object of ridicule when
it is first acclaimed. It was once considered foolish to
suppose that black men were really human beings and ought
to be treated as such. What was once foolish has now become
a recognized truth. Today it is considered as exaggeration
to proclaim constant respect for every form of life as being
the serious demand of a rational ethic. But the time is
coming when people will be amazed that the human race existed
so long before it recognized that thoughtless injury to
life is incompatible with real ethics. Ethics is in its
unqualified form extended responsibility to everything that
has life.
-- Albert
Schweitzer
Compassion,
in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its
full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures
and does not limit itself to mankind. -- Albert
Schweitzer
The
human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret.... It has
come to believe that compassion, in which all ethics must
take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if
it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself
to mankind. -- Albert
Schweitzer
"A man
is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that
of plants and animals as well as that of his fellowman,
and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is
in need of help." -- Albert
Schweitzer
"Anyone
who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living
creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the
idea of worthless human lives."
-- Albert
Schweitzer
*
What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts
were gone, man would die from a great loneliness of
the spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon
happens to man. All things are connected.
~ Chief
Seattle
We
are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumed
flowers are our sisters; the deer, the horse, the great
eagle: these are our brothers. All things are connected
like the blood which unites one's family. -Chief Seattle
~ Chief
Seattle
*
"If a group of beings from another planet were to
land on Earth -- beings who considered themselves
as superior to you as you feel yourself to be to other
animals -- would you concede them the rights over
you that you assume over other animals?"
-- George
Bernard Shaw
"Atrocities
are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories
and are called medical research."
-- George
Bernard Shaw
Vivisection
is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge,
it does so at the expense of human character.
-- George
Bernard Shaw
*
"If a group of beings from another planet were to land
on Earth -- beings who considered themselves as superior
to you as you feel yourself to be to other animals --
would you concede them the rights over you that you
assume over other animals?"
-- George
Bernard Shaw
When
a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when the
tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity
-- George
Bernard Shaw
"The
worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them,
but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of humanity."
-- George
Bernard Shaw
Many
people feel drawn to advocate for animals because
even though they can feel pain and suffer just as
we do, they do not have a way to advocate for their
own welfare. In fact, animals are viewed by many as
nothing more than property to be treated however the
owner wishes. This view has created an inhumane situation
for billions of animals that share our world.
-- Robert
Alan Silverstein
*
Animals are being exploited in such an unbelievable
way; it's not acceptable.
-- Alicia
Silverstone
*
I
know what it feels like to be hurt,and I don't want
to cause that pain to any other person or creature.
But somehow, in society, we numb ourselves in order
to make money or to feel better about ourselves, such
as with cosmetics or food. We say to ourselves, I'm
going to use this animal. I'm going to say it doesn't
have much worth so that I can allow myself to do these
cruel things. And that just isn't fair.
-- Alicia
Silverstone
Once
people spend time with farm animals in a loving way ...
a pig or cow or a little chicken or a turkey, they might
find they relate with them the same way they relate with
dogs and cats. People don't really think of them that way
because they're on the plate. Why should they be food when
other animals are pets? I would never eat my doggies.
-- Alicia
Silverstone
Animals
are being exploited in such an unbelievable way; it's not
acceptable. PETA is trying to get your attention, and they're
successful at it. ... If you talk to people who grew up
on a farm, they'll tell you that they had an experience
where they were taking care of a cow, and one day their
parents took it away and killed it. It's a torturous experience
for them, and that's when they became hard. People are taught
to be grown-up or whatever, and that's dumb. That bond they
had with that cow or chicken was real.
-- Alicia
Silverstone
I don't
have any understanding of a human being who doesn't respect
the beauty of life and that goes for all creatures that
have thoughts, feelings and needs.
-- Alicia
Silverstone
As long
as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there
can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people.
Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.
-- Isaac Bashevis Singer
*
...it is difficult to picture the great Creator conceiving
of a program of one creature (which He has made) using
another living creature for purposes of experimentation.
There must be other, less cruel ways of obtaining
knowledge.
-- Adlai
Stevenson
Animals
give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera
than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight. And
after I've finished "shooting," my unharmed victims are
still around for others to enjoy. I have developed a deep
respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures
with certain rights that should not be violated any more
than those of humans.
~Jimmy Stewart
*
We should remember in our dealings with animals that
they are a sacred trust to us from our heavenly Father.
They are dumb and cannot speak for themselves.
-- Harriet
Beecher Stowe
We don't
live the lives of Eskimos. We don't need to kill animals
for fashion.
-- Charlize Theron
"As
long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields."
-- Leo
Tolstoy
"What
I think about vivisection is that if people admit
that they have the right to take or endanger the life
of living beings for the benefit of many, there will
be no limit to their cruelty."
-- Leo
Tolstoy
*
"It may be suggested by some books that it is not
a sin to kill an animal, but it is written in our
own hearts - more clearly than in any book - that
we should take pity on animals in the same way as
we do on humans."
-- Leo
Tolstoy
According
to the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals,
fish have feelings too. Whenever my sons go fishing they
always tell me, "Dad it doesn't hurt a fish to get hooked."
Well I watch and I see and I believe it's painful for the
fish.
-- Donald Trump
*
I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces
results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't...The
pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is
the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient
justification of the enmity without looking further.
-- Mark
Twain
"It
is totally unconscionable to subject defenseless animals
to mutilation and death, just so a company can be the first
to market a new shade of nail polish or a new, improved
laundry detergent. It's cruel, it's brutal, it's inhumane,
and most people don't want it."
-- Abigail 'Dear Abby' Van Buren
"Cruelty
to animals is one of the most significant vices of a low
and ignoble people. Wherever one notices them, they constitute
a sign of ignorance and brutality which cannot be painted
over even by all the evidence of wealth and luxury."
-- Alexander Von Humbolt
I became
very critical of zoos and circuses and keeping animals in
captivity. I wish it was against the law.
-- Christopher Walken
*
The
animals of the world exist for their own reasons.
They were not made for humans any more than black
people were made for white, or women created for men.
~Alice
Walker
"The
Animals of the planet are in desperate peril and they
are fully aware of this. No less than human beings
are doing in all parts of the world, they are seeking
sanctuary."
~Alice
Walker
*
"This is what you should do;
love the Earth
and sun and the animals...
~ Walt
Whitman
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"This is what you should do;
love the Earth
and sun and the animals...
~ Walt
Whitman
There
can be no justification for causing suffering to animals
simply to serve man's pleasure or simply to enhance man's
lifestyle."
-- The Dean of York
