Today, I marvel at the vegan foods in the supermarket, at the cruelty-free clothing choices in stores, and at the fantastic alternatives to dissection in schools, the modern ways to test medicines without killing rabbits and beagles, the many forms of entertainment involving purely human performers.

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.

Medical research is "immoral even it it's essential."

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

I have to think of the positive; that's how I cope.

It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.

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