Recognize meat for what it really is: the antibiotic- and pesticide-laden corpse of a tortured animal.
Ingrid NewkirkIf my father had a heart attack it would give me no solace at all to know his treatment was first tried on a dog.
Ingrid NewkirkToday, 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.
Ingrid NewkirkPerhaps one of the most important things you can do for human beings is wean them off an animal-based diet. It hardens the arteries and runs up our health-care costs. The last thing a poor person can afford is a heart attack or cancer or a stroke. And that's all linked to a meat-based diet. I think animal liberation is human liberation.
Ingrid Newkirk