Ingrid Newkirk Quotes

We’re looking for good lawsuits that will establish the interests of animals as a legitimate area of concern in law.

More power to [Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty] if they can get someone's attention.

Even painless research is fascism, supremacism, because the act of confinement is traumatizing in itself.

Cheap meat is the problem. The answer is to replace meat recipes with vegan meals.

When we build an attractive home, we raze land on which animals have already built their homes. They have nowhere to go.

I have to think of the positive; that's how I cope.

Everything we do is based at adults.

When I hear of anyone walking into a lab and walking out with animals, my heart sings.

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.

I hope SeaWorld is exploring how, like Ringling, it can get out of the wild animal business.

Most Americans, like most Japanese, view their dogs, cats, and other animal companions as family members, and rightly so.

Medical research is "immoral even it it's essential."

To me, it is one world, and the non-human animals bear the brunt of oppression and suffering.

One hates to be absolute, but in my view, there is no such thing as humane meat.

Elephants have the largest brains of any mammal on the face of the Earth. They are creative, altruistic and kind.

The wonderful thing is that it's so incredibly easy to be kind.

Winners don't eat wieners.

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.

Look out for your baby or your friend, of course. That is easy. The test of moral fiber is to stick up for those you relate to least, understand minimally, and do not think are that much like you.

Businesses are terrified. They have no idea what I'm going to do next.

The best bet for the horses would be to stop betting on the Derby and other horse races, and to stop breeding, racing and killing thoroughbreds altogether

It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.

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.

I am just trying to make the best possible case for the animals. That is clearly what I have been put on earth to do. Even after I am gone I will try to continue.

Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.

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?

Whether or not we are religious, respecting others should be seen as just as important as looking out for ourselves, yet it requires discipline to change our bad habits that cause pain to animals.