156 Quotes by Ingrid Newkirk

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

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

"I think if you're against cruelty and you look at what happens to animals in slaughterhouses and on factory farms, you have to be completely against eating meat."

"Every time we consume meat, eggs or dairy foods, we contribute to ecological devastation and the wasteful misuse of resources on a global scale."

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

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

"Today, I marvel at the vegan foods in the supermarket, at the cruelty-free clothing choices in stores, and at the fantastic alternatives to dissection in schools, the modern ways to test medicines without killing rabbits and beagles, the many forms of entertainment involving purely human performers."

"Being asked to support humane meat means being asked to support the suffering of animals in transport, to approve of treatment that causes them palpable fear, their bodies shaking and their eyes wide as saucers, as they are slung by their legs into crates that are slammed onto the back of a truck."

"We all have prejudices to dispel: the need to get away from thinking that 'I' am important and special and 'you' are not, and the frightened mindset that tells us that certain 'others' are of no consequence."