The life of an ant and the life of my child should be accorded equal respect.

Human creativity and innovation is going to make the exploitation of animals look not only inhumane but obsolete and cumbersome.

At The Humane Society of the United States, we know how difficult it is to prevent cruelty to animals in movies because so many of the animal welfare problems occur behind the scenes in training, housing, and transportation, long before the animals get on the set.

We're against animal fighting and killing animals for fur.... We want Americans to eat fewer animals

The Humane Society of the United States works with local Humane Societies across the country. We don't control every local Humane Society in this nation. These organizations strive to the greatest degree to provide homes for animals and to encourage adoption, to spay and neuter animals. And if a decision is made to euthanize, it is a failure of society, not the local organizations who are striving to do their best.

People are being forced to confront the realities. At the same time, we have an ever-growing understanding of the intelligence and emotional capacities of animals and an acceptance of the principle that animal cruelty is a moral problem.

Animal abuse is still widespread and we have so much work ahead.