Ingrid Newkirk
Ingrid Newkirk
Ingrid E. Newkirkis an English-born British-American animal rights activist and the president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the world's largest animal rights organization. She is the author of several books, including Making Kind Choicesand The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights: Simple Acts of Kindness to Help Animals in Trouble. Newkirk has worked for the animal-protection movement since 1972. Under her leadership in the 1970s as the District of Columbia's first female poundmaster, legislation was passed to...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth11 June 1949
The tape shows experimenters using their power over the monkeys to torture and torment them, while lab supervisors stand by or even join in,
If my father had a heart attack, it would give me no solace at all to know his treatment was first tried on a dog.
We're asking kids to get hooked on kindness, not killing,
Recognize meat for what it really is: the antibiotic- and pesticide-laden corpse of a tortured animal.
You dont have to own squirrels and starlings to get enjoyment from them ... One day, we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals. [Dogs] would pursue their natural lives in the wild ... they would have full lives, not wasting at home for someone to come home in the evening and pet them and then sit there and watch TV,
Eating meat is primitive, barbaric, and arrogant.
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.
A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy.
Eventually companion animals would be phased out, and we would return to a more symbiotic relationship, enjoyment at a distance.
Animal liberationists do not separate out the human animal, so there is no rational basis for saying that a human being has special rights. A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. They're all mammals.
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.
The smallest form of life, even an ant or a clam, is equal to a human being
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.
When it comes to pain, love, joy, loneliness, and fear, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy.