All tyranny, bigotry, aggression, and cruelty are wrong, and whenever we see it, we must never be silent.

Euthanasia is the kindest gift to a dog or cat unwanted and unloved.

PETA's campaign should be included in school curricula. If we can open children's hearts and minds to animals' needs, teach them to treat a dog or a chicken as if they feel fear and love and pain - as they do - then they will grow up to understand that we are all worthy of respect.

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

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.

Perhaps measuring animal intelligence by comparing it to human intelligence isn't the best litmus test.

If my father had a heart attack it would give me no solace at all to know his treatment was first tried on a dog.