Animals are better off than a lot of humans, if having soul means being able to feel gratitude, loyalty and love.”-Shenita Etwaroo

Peradventure a new group of beings landed on planet earth, and these beings believe they are superior over us, humans… just like most of you exercise superiority over other animals, would you ever allow such beings right over you just like you assume rights over other animals?”-Shenita Etwaroo

I was talking to a friend and they told me that they’d recently accidentally stepped on their dog’s tail, and how sorry they were, how crushed they felt at the look of fear and betrayal in their pet’s eyes. As she told me this story, she was biting into a chicken sandwich, and I thought about the fear in the eyes of that chicken every day of its life before it became her meal.”-Shenita Etwaroo

A lot of people are terrified of waking up during surgery. Being able to see and feel everything that’s being done to them in the procedure, unable to call for help or ask someone to stop. That fear alone should tell us everything we need to know about why vivisection is heinous.”-Shenita Etwaroo

I couldn’t fathom eating another creature’s flesh any more than I could fathom eating another human’s flesh.”-Shenita Etwaroo

Just because you don’t see it happen doesn’t mean that animals aren’t suffering to feed and clothe you.” -Shenita Etwaroo