More power to [Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty] if they can get someone's attention. Ingrid Newkirk More Quotes by Ingrid Newkirk More Quotes From Ingrid Newkirk Why go for a costly, sickly, mass-produced purebred when shelters are full of one-of-a-kind mixed breeds who are literally dying for a home? Ingrid Newkirk shelter dying home I don't use the word 'pet.' I think it's speciest language. I prefer 'companion animal.' We would no longer allow... pet shops... Eventually companion animals would be phased out. Ingrid Newkirk pet animal thinking 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. Ingrid Newkirk moral-fiber baby thinking If Vice President Al Gore advocated killing rabbits to see if women are pregnant and called it a step forward for science, we'd all think he'd gone 'round the bend. 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