I find that as I get older I seem to become more of a Luddite... And hearing animal experimenters describe me as a Luddite--which used to think I was not. And now I think Ned Lud had the right idea and we should have stopped all the machinery way back when, and learned to live simple lives.

Give your dog or cat respect, patience, understanding and love. And if you just change to one vegetarian day a week, that's a wonderful step that will save animal lives. It means you have chosen something kind instead of something cruel.

A lot of people have culturally induced ethical blindness, but they can be cured!

Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.

Would I rather the research lab that tests animals is reduced to a bunch of cinders? Yes.

If Vice President Al Gore advocated killing rabbits to see if women are pregnant and called it a step forward for science, we'd all think he'd gone 'round the bend. We don't need to do that sort of thing anymore, we'd say. We have better, kinder ways.

One day, we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals.