Consumers of meat, eggs and dairy products might well ask what they are supporting. Do farmers care about anyone but themselves? Can't anyone see the cow for the cheese?

Cheap meat is the problem. The answer is to replace meat recipes with vegan meals.

Anybody who witnesses the suffering of animals and has a glimmer of hope of reducing that suffering can't take the position that it's all or nothing. We have to be pragmatic. Screw the principle.

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.

I hope SeaWorld is exploring how, like Ringling, it can get out of the wild animal business.

Everything we do is based at adults.

Although we have, in theory, abolished human slavery, recognized women's rights, and stopped child labor, we continue to enslave other species who, if we simply pay attention, show quite clearly that they experience parental love, pain, and the desire for freedom, just as we do.