If a girl gets sexual pleasure from riding a horse, does the horse suffer? If not, who cares? If you French kiss your dog and he or she thinks it's great, is it wrong? We believe all exploitation and abuse is wrong. If it isn't exploitation and abuse, it may not be wrong.
Ingrid NewkirkOur nonviolent tactics are not as effective. We ask nicely for years and get nothing. Someone makes a threat, and it works.
Ingrid NewkirkPigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.
Ingrid NewkirkAnimal liberationists do not separate out the human animal, so there is no rational basis for saying that a human being has special rights. A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. They're all mammals.
Ingrid NewkirkBulls can do nothing to demand justice. They can only defend themselves as best they can in a fight with a pre-determined ending and die never knowing why they were forced to endure such a painful and prolonged death. It's up to us, as a civilized society, to call for an end to the Running of the Bulls and bullfighting.
Ingrid Newkirk