Ingrid Newkirk Quotes - Page 4

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• 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.

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  Dog, Cuddling, Luxury

  "In the Hot Seat, Part II: Activism and Controversy". Satya Interview, www.satyamag.com. January 2001.

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• If you like to bake with eggs, you can substitute Ener-G egg replacer, bananas, tofu, or many other ingredients. You get the hang of it quickly enough.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Eggs, Tofu, Ingredients

  "Buyer Beware! The Lowdown on 'Humane' Meat and Eggs" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 10, 2012.

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

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  People, Faces, Facts

  "You Can’t Be a Meat-Eating Environmentalist" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 22, 2010.

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• The best bet for the horses would be to stop betting on the Derby and other horse races, and to stop breeding, racing and killing thoroughbreds altogether

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  Horse, Animal, Race

  "Thoroughbreds: From Elite to Meat" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 5, 2011.

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• Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as consumers, do? Opting out of paying someone to allow animals to die in a barn fire or at the slaughterhouse seems pretty reasonable.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Animal, Fire, Eggs

  "Here’s a Recipe for Roast Chicken Everyone Should Find Objectionable" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 23, 2012.

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• Businesses are terrified. They have no idea what I'm going to do next.

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  Animal, Ideas, Next

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• Never doubt that one person can make a difference.

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  Differences, Doubt, Making A Difference

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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.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Animal, Light, Careers

  "The Chronicle of Higher Education" Newspaper, November 12. 1999.

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• Animal hoarding was a dirty secret until hoarders appeared on our TV screens and showed how they are compelled to collect so many dogs, cats or parrots that the animals end up in cages only inches bigger than their own bodies. For life.

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  Dog, Dirty, Cat

  "Hoarders : Stepping Out of Your TV Set Into Your Local Shelter" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 7, 2010.

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• 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.

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  Baby, Thinking, Moral Fiber

  Ingrid Newkirk's keynote address at the "Animal Rights" conference, 2002.

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

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  Hate, Views, Meat

  "Let’s Face It: There Is No Such Thing as Humane Meat" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 26, 2013.

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• 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.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Animal, Issues, Peta

  "PETA's Ingrid Newkirk - A Conversation". Interview with Michael Charles Tobias, www.forbes.com. August 25, 2011.

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• Cows are gentle, interesting animals.

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  Animal, Interesting, Cows

  "The ‘Real Milk’ Campaign Hopes To Make Real Suckers Out Of Us" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 1, 2012.

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• I know it's illegal [trespassing], but I don't think it's wrong.

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  Thinking, Illegal, Trespassing

  Montgomery County, MD, Journal, February 16, 1988.

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• Cheap meat is the problem. The answer is to replace meat recipes with vegan meals.

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  Meat, Meals, Answers

  "Here’s a Recipe for Roast Chicken Everyone Should Find Objectionable" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 23, 2012.

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• 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.

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  Mean, Eye, Animal

  "Let’s Face It: There Is No Such Thing as Humane Meat" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 26, 2013.

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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.

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  Dog, Mean, Cat

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• By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.

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  Dog, Cousin, Animal

  "What the AKC Won’t Tell You About Its Top 10 Breeds" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 6, 2013.

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• It's time for the State Department to permanently change its official policy to allow all members of U.S. citizens' families - no matter what size they are or how many legs they have - to evacuate together when disaster strikes.

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  Together, Citizens, Legs

  "Pets Should Be Evacuated, Too" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2011.

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• It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.

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  Racism, Racist, Supremacy

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

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  Animal, Wild Animal, Exploring

  "Deaths at SeaWorld May Soon Include Its Own" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 28, 2011.

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• Most Americans, like most Japanese, view their dogs, cats, and other animal companions as family members, and rightly so.

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  Dog, Cat, Animal

  "Pets Should Be Evacuated, Too" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2011.

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• [I believe] that animals have a worth in and of themselves, and that they are not inferior to human beings but rather just different from us, and that they really don't exist for us nor do they belong to us...it should not be a question of how they should be treated within the context of their usefulness, or perceived usefulness, to us, but rather whether we have a right to use them at all.

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  Nature, Believe, Animal

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• Animals aren't any better equipped to survive an emergency than humans are. Few people missed the fact that after Hurricane Katrina, people died because buses and emergency shelters wouldn't allow their animals.

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  Animal, People, Shelter

  "Pets Should Be Evacuated, Too" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2011.

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• U.K. citizens fleeing the Middle East and Japan have been allowed to take their animal companions with them on evacuation flights. The U.S. is not so civilized, and that's a blot on our national copybook.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Animal, Japan, Middle East

  "Pets Should Be Evacuated, Too" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2011.

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