I don't use the word 'pet.' I think it's speciest language. I prefer 'companion animal.' We would no longer allow... pet shops... Eventually companion animals would be phased out.
Ingrid NewkirkI 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.
Ingrid NewkirkRecognize meat for what it really is: the antibiotic- and pesticide-laden corpse of a tortured animal.
Ingrid NewkirkWeโre looking for good lawsuits that will establish the interests of animals as a legitimate area of concern in law.
Ingrid Newkirk