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“I will be the last person to condemn ALF [the Animal Liberation Front].” — The New York Daily News, Dec 1997 “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.” — The Chicago Daily Herald, Mar 1990 “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.” — The Harper's Forum Book, Jack Hitt, ed., 1989, p.223 “I am not a morose person, but I would rather not be here. I don’t have any reverence for life, only for the entities themselves. I would rather see a blank space where I am. This will sound like fruitcake stuff again but at least I wouldn’t be harming anything.” — The Washington Post, Nov 1983 “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.” — The Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov 1999 “I openly hope that it [hoof-and-mouth disease] 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.” — ABC News interview, Apr 2001 “Pet ownership is an absolutely abysmal situation brought about by human manipulation.” — Harper's, Aug 1988 “I wish we all would get up and go into the labs and take the animals out or burn them down.” — "National Animal Rights Convention", Jun 1997 “Probably everything we do is a publicity stunt ... we are not here to gather members, to please, to placate, to make friends. We're here to hold the radical line.” — USA Today, Sep 1991 “There’s no rational basis for saying that a human being has special rights. A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. They’re all animals.” — Washingtonian magazine, Aug 1986 “We’re looking for good lawsuits that will establish the interests of animals as a legitimate area of concern in law.” — Insight on the News, Jul 2000 “In the end, I think it would be lovely if we stopped this whole notion of pets altogether.” — Newsday, Feb 1988 “Six million people died in concentration camps, but six billion broiler chickens will die this year in slaughterhouses. [emphasis added]” — The Washington Post, Nov 1983 “Eating meat is primitive, barbaric, and arrogant.” — Washington City Paper, Dec 1985 “We are complete press sluts.” — Ingrid Newkirk, in The New Yorker, Apr 2003 “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. [emphasis added]” — “Animal Rights 2002” convention, Jun 2002 “Our nonviolent tactics are not as effective. We ask nicely for years and get nothing. Someone makes a threat, and it works.” — Ingrid Newkirk, in the April 8, 2002 issue of US News & World Report , Apr 2002 “Would I rather the research lab that tests animals is reduced to a bunch of cinders? Yes.” — New York Daily News, Dec 1997 “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.” — Animals, May 1993 “Even if animal tests produced a cure for AIDS, we’d be against it.” — PETA president and co-founder Ingrid Newkirk, in the September 1989 issue of Vogue, Sep 1989 “More power to SHAC if they can get someone’s attention.” — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals president & co-founder Ingrid Newkirk, in The Boston Herald, August 25, 2002 “Humans have grown like a cancer. We're the biggest blight on the face of the earth.” — Washingtonian magazine, Feb 1990 “I plan to send my liver somewhere in France, to protest foie gras (liver pate) ... I plan to have handbags made from my skin ... and an umbrella stand made from my seat.” — PETA President Ingrid Newkirk speaking to onMilwaukee.com, Feb 2005 |
