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All Quotes by author - Ingrid Newkirk
" All of us in society are supposed to believe that cruelty to animals is wrong and that it is a good thing to prevent needless suffering. So if that is true, how can meat be acceptable under any but the most extraordinary circumstances, such as perhaps roasting the bird who died flying into a window? "
Suffering
Flying
Good
" All tyranny, bigotry, aggression, and cruelty are wrong, and whenever we see it, we must never be silent. "
See
Silent
Cruelty
" A lot of people have culturally induced ethical blindness, but they can be cured! "
Lot
Ethical
Cured
" Although we have, in theory, abolished human slavery, recognized women's rights, and stopped child labor, we continue to enslave other species who, if we simply pay attention, show quite clearly that they experience parental love, pain, and the desire for freedom, just as we do. "
Pain
Women
Experience
" Animal hoarding was a dirty secret until hoarders appeared on our TV screens and showed how they are compelled to collect so many dogs, cats or parrots that the animals end up in cages only inches bigger than their own bodies. For life. "
Own
Animal
Animals
" Animals aren't any better equipped to survive an emergency than humans are. Few people missed the fact that after Hurricane Katrina, people died because buses and emergency shelters wouldn't allow their animals. "
People
Animals
Hurricane
" At PETA, we often say that the issue of how animals are treated isn't just about them; it's about us, how we behave. "
Just
Animals
Say
" Being asked to support humane meat means being asked to support the suffering of animals in transport, to approve of treatment that causes them palpable fear, their bodies shaking and their eyes wide as saucers, as they are slung by their legs into crates that are slammed onto the back of a truck. "
Support
Suffering
Fear
" Bulls can do nothing to demand justice. They can only defend themselves as best they can in a fight with a pre-determined ending and die never knowing why they were forced to endure such a painful and prolonged death. It's up to us, as a civilized society, to call for an end to the Running of the Bulls and bullfighting. "
Society
Death
Justice
" By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins. "
Animal
Health
Help
" Cheap meat is the problem. The answer is to replace meat recipes with vegan meals. "
Answer
Vegan
Cheap
" Consumers of meat, eggs and dairy products might well ask what they are supporting. Do farmers care about anyone but themselves? Can't anyone see the cow for the cheese? "
Care
Farmers
Cow
" Cows are gentle, interesting animals. "
Interesting
Gentle
Cows
" Elephants have the largest brains of any mammal on the face of the Earth. They are creative, altruistic and kind. "
Creative
Kind
Face
" Every animal has his or her story, his or her thoughts, daydreams, and interests. All feel joy and love, pain and fear, as we now know beyond any shadow of a doubt. All deserve that the human animal afford them the respect of being cared for with great consideration for those interests or left in peace. "
Shadow
Fear
Love
" Every time we consume meat, eggs or dairy foods, we contribute to ecological devastation and the wasteful misuse of resources on a global scale. "
Global
Time
Resources
" Fortified plant-based milks are delicious and contain all the calcium, protein, and vitamin D of dairy products but with none of the cholesterol, lactose, hormones, or cruelty found in cow's milk. "
Protein
Cruelty
Cow
" Give your dog or cat respect, patience, understanding and love. And if you just change to one vegetarian day a week, that's a wonderful step that will save animal lives. It means you have chosen something kind instead of something cruel. "
Respect
Dog
Change
" Going meat-free can make a huge difference. Studies show that vegetarians are, on average, 10 to 20 pounds lighter than meat-eaters and that a vegetarian diet reduces our risk of heart disease by 40 percent and adds seven or more years to our lifespan. "
Heart
Difference
Average
" I don't have the luxury of having a dog myself because I travel too much, but I love walking and cuddling somebody else's dog. "
Much
Myself
Travel
" If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must celebrate Earth Day every day - at every meal. "
Day
Water
Suffering
" If you like to bake with eggs, you can substitute Ener-G egg replacer, bananas, tofu, or many other ingredients. You get the hang of it quickly enough. "
Enough
You
Like
" I have to think of the positive; that's how I cope. "
Think
Positive
How
" I hope SeaWorld is exploring how, like Ringling, it can get out of the wild animal business. "
Hope
Exploring
Business
" I think if you're against cruelty and you look at what happens to animals in slaughterhouses and on factory farms, you have to be completely against eating meat. "
Eating
Animals
You
" It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive. "
Racism
Sexism
Afraid
" It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important. "
Interesting
Why
Beginning
" It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian. "
Environment
Better
Us
" It's time for the State Department to permanently change its official policy to allow all members of U.S. citizens' families - no matter what size they are or how many legs they have - to evacuate together when disaster strikes. "
Matter
Change
Together
" It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat. "
Face
Down
Time
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