Ingrid Newkirk quotes - page 2

More power to [Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty] if they can get someone's attention. (Ingrid Newkirk)
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. View quote
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We are complete press sluts. View quote
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It [animal research] is immoral even if it's essential. View quote
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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. We don't need to do that sort of thing anymore, we'd say. We have better, kinder ways. View quote
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I will be the last person to condemn ALF [the Animal Liberation Front]. View quote
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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. View quote
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When I hear of anyone walking into a lab and walking out with animals, my heart sings. View quote
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Would I rather the research lab that tests animals is reduced to a bunch of cinders? Yes. View quote
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Even painless research is fascism, supremacism, because the act of confinement is traumatizing in itself. View quote
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The bottom line is that people don't have the right to manipulate or to breed dogs and cats... If people want toys, they should buy inanimate objects. If they want companionship, they should seek it with their own kind. (Ingrid Newkirk)
If that hideousness came here, it wouldn't be any more hideous for the animals - they are all bound for a ghastly death anyway. But it would wake up consumers... I openly hope that it comes here. It will bring economic harm only for those who profit from giving people heart attacks and giving animals a concentration camp-like existence. It would be good for animals, good for human health and good for the environment. View quote
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Perhaps the mere idea of receiving a nasty missive will allow animal researchers to empathize with their victims for the first time in their lousy careers. I find it small wonder that the laboratories aren't all burning to the ground. If I had more guts, I'd light a match. View quote
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I don't use the word 'pet.' I think it's speciesist language. I prefer 'companion animal.' For one thing, we would no longer allow breeding. People could not create different breeds. There would be no pet shops. If people had companion animals in their homes, those animals would have to be refugees from the animal shelters and the streets. You would have a protective relationship with them just as you would with an orphaned child. But as the surplus of cats and dogs (artificially engineered by centuries of forced breeding) declined, eventually companion animals would be phased out, and we would return to a more symbiotic relationship - enjoyment at a distance. View quote
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In today's world of tabloid press and with so much competing for people's attention, it's a miracle to get their attention at all. And of course having to compete with the advertising budget of even one of our adversaries is impossible. If the whole movement pooled its resources and went after simply one thing, like the veal industry, we wouldn't make a dent, advertising dollar for advertising dollar. To me the greatest success is in catching the attention of the public and reminding them that there's an animal involved, and that that animal is believed not to have been treated properly by a segment of the population. View quote
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If anyone did that, I absolutely apologize. ... Because everything we do is based at adults. We're asking adults be responsible. You were telling me about giving your children meat and milk. They're going to be to grow up to be tubs of lard. They're getting heart attacks. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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All tyranny, bigotry, aggression, and cruelty are wrong, and whenever we see it, we must never be silent. View quote
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Cows are gentle, interesting animals. View quote
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There is no hidden agenda. If anybody wonders about - what's this with all these reforms - you can hear us clearly. Our goal is total animal liberation. (Ingrid Newkirk)
I think that's just a throwaway line, because most people don't really care if they are being true to their original nature. Otherwise, we wouldn't be wearing clothes and driving cars, but out picking berries and eating bark. If you study anthropology - which most people don't - and you start to learn about our intestinal structure, our teeth, our digestive system, our mouth structure, you begin to realize that maybe we aren't meant to be eating animals after all. View quote
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When we build an attractive home, we raze land on which animals have already built their homes. They have nowhere to go. View quote
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No one has to stand behind us; we've never asked anyone to defend the way we get attention. The fact is we are the biggest group because we succeed in getting attention. ... The fact is we may be doing all sorts of things on a campaign but the one thing that gets attention is the outrageous thing. It simply goes to prove to us each time, that that is the thing that's going to work; and so we won't shirk from doing that facet - in addition to all the other things we do that you never hear about because no one cares. View quote
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And I love walking someone else's dog. 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 just came back from the shelter today and they let me walk three dogs at lunchtime. It was great. View quote
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