Seriously, I think everybody needs to be more disciplined; nobody needs any meat. But from a perspective of how many animals suffer, it's probably better to kill and eat one whale than it is to eat fish, chickens, cows, lambs and eggs. Ingrid Newkirk More Quotes by Ingrid Newkirk More Quotes From Ingrid Newkirk I'd go to work early, before anyone got there, and I would just kill the animals myself...I must have killed a thousand of them, sometimes dozens every day. Ingrid Newkirk dozenanimalsometimes Recognize meat for what it really is: the antibiotic- and pesticide-laden corpse of a tortured animal. Ingrid Newkirk vegetarianismanimalfood We have to be aggressive when those we stick up for have no voice. I don't consider it radical to say cruelty is wrong and that animals should be respected. I consider it radical to eat corpses, put electrodes in animals' heads, make elephants live in chains in the circus, and poison animals we consider a nuisance. Ingrid Newkirk elephantsvoiceanimal Pet ownership is slavery. Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or be entertained by. Ingrid Newkirk slaverypetanimal The extinction of Homo Sapiens would mean survival for millions, if not billions, of Earth-dwelling species. Phasing out the human race will solve every problem on Earth - social and environmental. Ingrid Newkirk racedwellingmean In the end, I think it would be lovely if we stopped this whole notion of pets altogether. Ingrid Newkirk lovelypetthinking Even painless research is fascism, supremacism... Ingrid Newkirk petaresearchanimal Pet ownership is an absolutely abysmal situation brought about by human manipulation. Ingrid Newkirk manipulationpetanimal 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. Ingrid Newkirk goneanimaltrying The smallest form of life, even an ant or a clam, is equal to a human being Ingrid Newkirk clamsformants Six million Jews died in concentration camps, but six billion broiler chickens will die this year in slaughter houses. Ingrid Newkirk sixhouseyears 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 paindoganimal Even if animal tests produced a cure for AIDS, we'd be against it. Ingrid Newkirk aidstestsanimal 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. Ingrid Newkirk doghomeanimal When it comes to pain, love, joy, loneliness, and fear, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. Ingrid Newkirk painlonelinessdog 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. Ingrid Newkirk landanimalwater There's nothing humane about the flesh of animals who have had one or two or even three improvements made in their singularly rotten lives on today's factory farms. Ingrid Newkirk threeanimaltwo Anybody who witnesses the suffering of animals and has a glimmer of hope of reducing that suffering can't take the position that it's all or nothing. We have to be pragmatic. Screw the principle. Ingrid Newkirk principlessufferinganimal I'm not only uninterested in having children. I am opposed to having children. Having a purebred human baby is like having a purebred dog; it is nothing but vanity, human vanity. Ingrid Newkirk dogbabychildren We are not in the home finding business, although it is certainly true that we do find homes from time to time for the kind of animals people are looking for. Our service is to provide a peaceful and painless death to animals who no one wants. Ingrid Newkirk homeanimalpeople
