Wayne Pacelle Quotes

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• I don't have a hands - on fondness for animals. I did not grow up bonded to any particular nonhuman animal. I like them and I pet them and I'm kind to them, but there's no special bond between me and other animals...

  Wayne Pacelle

  Growing Up, Animal, Hands

  "Bloodties: Nature, Culture, and the Hunt". Book by Ted Kerasote, www.humanewatch.org. 1994.

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• We have no ethical obligation to preserve the different breeds of livestock produced through selective breeding One generation and out. We have no problems with the extinction of domestic animals. They are creations of human selective breeding.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Animal, Generations, Extinction

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• If I had my personal view, perhaps that might take hold. In fact, I don't want to see another dog or cat born.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Dog, Cat, Animal

  Excerpt from 'Bloodties: Nature, Culture, and the Hunt,' by Ted Kerasote, www.humanewatch.org. 1994.

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• People know what happened in California, and they know it can happen again and again. They know that no group has passed more ballot measures than we have. They know we have a focused strategy. They know we have a budget of $150 million a year. And they know we're ready for a fight.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Fighting, Animal, Years

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• We have no problem with the extinction of domestic animals.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Animal, Extinction, Problem

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• Our goal is to get sport hunting in the same category as **** fighting and dog fighting. We are going to use the ballot box and the democratic process to stop all hunting in the United States.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Sports, Dog, Fighting

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• Human care (of animals) is simply sentimental, sympathetic patronage.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Animal, Care, Sentimental

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• The life of an ant and the life of my child should be accorded equal respect.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Children, Ants, Should

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• If we could shut down all sport hunting in a moment, we would.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Sports, Animal, Hunting

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• The entire animal rights movement in the United States reacted with unfettered glee at the Ban in England ...We view this act of parliament as one of the most important actions in the history of the animal rights movement. This will energise our efforts to stop hunting with hounds.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Animal, Hunting, Rights

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• Human creativity and innovation is going to make the exploitation of animals look not only inhumane but obsolete and cumbersome.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Creativity, Animal, Innovation

  "Making Progress Against Animal Cruelty: An interview with Wayne Pacelle". Interview with Karen Dawn, progressive.org. July 20, 2016.

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• As a society, we are typically deeply disassociated from animal cruelty, but more than ever, animal protection organizations are telling the backstory.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Animal, Organization, Protection

  "Making Progress Against Animal Cruelty: An interview with Wayne Pacelle". Interview with Karen Dawn, progressive.org. July 20, 2016.

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• People are being forced to confront the realities. At the same time, we have an ever-growing understanding of the intelligence and emotional capacities of animals and an acceptance of the principle that animal cruelty is a moral problem.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Acceptance, Animal, Reality

  "Making Progress Against Animal Cruelty: An interview with Wayne Pacelle". Interview with Karen Dawn, progressive.org. July 20, 2016.

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• The combination of moral intentionality and human innovation is a powerful force. And that's the force behind the humane economy. By embracing its tenets, we help animals, but we also advance commerce in a more sustainable, and profitable, way. I think we have every reason to believe it is the way of the future.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Powerful, Believe, Animal

  "Making Progress Against Animal Cruelty: An interview with Wayne Pacelle". Interview with Karen Dawn, progressive.org. July 20, 2016.

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• The definition of obscenity on the newsstands should be extended to many hunting magazines.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Hunting, Magazines, Definitions

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• We're against animal fighting and killing animals for fur.... We want Americans to eat fewer animals

  Wayne Pacelle

  Fighting, Animal, Fur

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• As a society, we are typically deeply disassociated from animal cruelty, but more than ever, animal protection organizations are telling the backstory. People are being forced, to confront the realities. At the same time, we have an ever-growing understanding of the intelligence and emotional capacities of animals and an acceptance of the principle that animal cruelty is a moral problem.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Acceptance, Emotional, Animal

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• The Humane Society of the United States works with local Humane Societies across the country. We don't control every local Humane Society in this nation. These organizations strive to the greatest degree to provide homes for animals and to encourage adoption, to spay and neuter animals. And if a decision is made to euthanize, it is a failure of society, not the local organizations who are striving to do their best.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Country, Home, Animal

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• Animals for the most part just need to be left alone.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Animal, Needs, Left Alone

  "Wayne Pacelle works for the winged, finned and furry" by Carla Hall, www.latimes.com. July 19, 2008.

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• We would be foolish and silly not to unite with people in the public health sector, the environmental community, [and] unions, to try to challenge corporate agriculture.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Silly, Animal, Agriculture

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• We believe in the Three Rs - reducing the consumption of meat and other animal-based foods; refining the diet by eating products only from methods of production, transport, and slaughter that minimize pain and distress; and replacing meat and other animal-based foods in the diet with plant-based foods.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Pain, Believe, Animal

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• China is now urging citizens to eat less meat. Factory farming comes with immense costs to a society, and Chinese leaders are starting to recognize its implications for water use, the efficient use of grains and other food resources, and human health concerns.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Water, Leader, Chinese

  "Making Progress Against Animal Cruelty". Interview with Karen Dawn, progressive.org. July 20, 2016.

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• Undercover investigations threw back the curtain on the systemic exploitation of animals on factory farms. The response by agribusiness interests has been to back laws that ban animal advocates from taking pictures or videos at these facilities, and ban the media from publishing any that are taken. The laws also make it a crime for animal advocates to seek employment at animal enterprises without disclosing their intentions.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Taken, Animal, Media

  "Making Progress Against Animal Cruelty: An interview with Wayne Pacelle". Interview with Karen Dawn, progressive.org. July 20, 2016.

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• At The Humane Society of the United States, we know how difficult it is to prevent cruelty to animals in movies because so many of the animal welfare problems occur behind the scenes in training, housing, and transportation, long before the animals get on the set.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Animal, Long, Training

  "Making Progress Against Animal Cruelty: An interview with Wayne Pacelle". Interview with Karen Dawn, progressive.org. July 20, 2016.

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• The issue of xenotransplantation - such as transplanting animal organs into humans - is fraught with risks for animals, naturally, and for people.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Animal, Issues, People

  "Making Progress Against Animal Cruelty: An interview with Wayne Pacelle". Interview with Karen Dawn, progressive.org. July 20, 2016.

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