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.

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

Eventually companion animals would be phased out, and we would return to a more symbiotic relationship - enjoyment at a distance.

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

Our nonviolent tactics are not as effective. We ask nicely for years and get nothing. Someone makes a threat, and it works.

I'd go to work early, before anyone got there, and I would just kill the animals myself...I must have killed a thousand of them, sometimes dozens every day.

Ninety-five percent of the eggs produced in America come from factory-farmed birds. Even if free-range farms were hugely more humane, the sheer number of animals raised to satisfy people's desire for eggs, meat, and milk makes it impossible for us to raise them all on small, free-range farms.