Quotes from Animal Rights Activists


Below are quotes from animal rights activists that illustrate that there is an agenda to end domestic animal ownership via unconstitutional legislation, etc.:

“We have no ethical obligation to preserve the different breeds of livestock produced through selective breeding. One generation and out. We have no problem with the extinction of domestic animals. They are creations of human selective breeding.” Wayne Pacelle, Humane Society of the United States, Animal People, May, 1993.

“I don’t have a hands-on fondness for animals¦To this day I don’t feel bonded to any non-human animal. I like them and I pet them and I’m kind to them, but there’s no special bond between me and other animals.” Wayne Pacelle, Humane Society of the United States, quoted in Bloodties: Nature, Culture and the Hunt by Ted Kerasote, 1993, p. 251.

“Breeders must be eliminated! As long as there is a surplus of companion animals in the concentration camps referred to as “shelters”, and they are killing them because they are homeless, one should not be allowed to produce more for their own amusement and profit. If you know of a breeder in the Los Angeles area, whether commercial or private, legal or illegal, let us know and we will post their name, location, phone number so people can write them letters telling them ‘Don’t Breed or Buy, While Others DIE.’” “Breeders! Let’s get rid of them too!” Campaign on Animal Defense League’s website, September 2, 2003

It is time we demand an end to the misguided and abusive concept of animal ownership. The first step on this long, but just, road would be ending the concept of pet ownership.” Elliot Katz, President “In Defense of Animals,” Spring 1997.

“In the end, I think it would be lovely if we stopped this whole notion of pets altogether.” Ingrid Newkirk, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA), Newsday, 2/21/88.

“I don’t use the word pet. I think it’s speciesist language. I prefer companion animal. For one thing, we would no longer allow breeding. People could not create different breeds. There would be no pet shops. If people had companion animals in their homes, those animals would have to be refugees from the animal shelters and the streets. You would have a protective relationship with them just as you would with an orphaned child. But as the surplus of cats and dogs (artificially engineered by centuries of forced breeding) declined, eventually companion animals would be phased out, and we would return to a more symbiotic relationship “ enjoyment at a distance.” Ingrid Newkirk, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA), The Harper’s Forum Book, Jack Hitt, ed., 1989, p.223.

“Pet ownership is an absolutely abysmal situation brought about by human manipulation.” Ingrid Newkirk, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA), “Just Like Us?” Harper’s, August 1988, p. 50.

“Let us allow the dog to disappear from our brick and concrete jungles–from our firesides, from the leather nooses and chains by which we enslave it.” John Bryant, Fettered Kingdoms: An Examination of A Changing Ethic Washington People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, (PeTA), 1982, p. 15.

“You don’t have to own squirrels and starlings to get enjoyment from them … One day, we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals. [Dogs] would pursue their natural lives in the wild … they would have full lives, not wasting at home for someone to come home in the evening and pet them and then sit there and watch TV,” Ingrid Newkirk, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA), Chicago Daily Herald, March 1, 1990.

“I’m not only uninterested in having children. I am opposed to having children. Having a purebred human baby is like having a purebred dog; it is nothing but vanity, human vanity.” Ingrid Newkirk, PeTA’s founder and president, New Yorker, April 23, 2003.

“The bottom line is that people don’t have the right to manipulate or to breed dogs and cats … If people want toys, they should buy inanimate objects. If they want companionship, they should seek it with their own kind,” Ingrid Newkirk, founder, president and former national director, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA), Animals, May/June 1993

“Six million people died in concentration camps, but six billion broiler chickens will die this year in slaughterhouses.” Ingrid Newkirk, founder, president and former national director, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, as quoted in Chip Brown, “She’s A Portrait of Zealotry in Plastic Shoes,” Washington Post, November 13, 1983, p. B10.

“We feel that animals have the same rights as retarded human child because they are equal mentally in terms of dependence on others.” Alex Pacheco, Director, PETA, New York Times, January 14, 1989

“The life of an ant and that of my child should be granted equal consideration.” Michael W. Fox, Scientific Director and former Vice President, The Humane Society of the United States, The Inhumane Society, New York, 1990.

“To those people who say, `My father is alive because of animal experimentation,’ I say `Yeah, well, good for you. This dog died so your father could live.’ Sorry, but I am just not behind that kind of trade off.” Bill Maher, PETA celebrity spokesman.

“Even if animal tests produced a cure [for AIDS], ‘we’d be against it.” Ingrid Newkirk, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA), as quoted in Fred Barnes, “Politics,” Vogue, September 1989, p. 542.

“Our goal is to get sport hunting in the same category as cock fighting and dog fighting.” Wayne Pacelle, Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Bozeman Daily Chronicle, October 8,1991.

“We are going to use the ballot box and the democratic process to stop all hunting in the United States … We will take it species by species until all hunting is stopped in California. Then we will take it state by state. Wayne Pacelle, Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Full Cry Magazine, October 1, 1990.

“Eating meat is primitive, barbaric, and arrogant.”

“To give a child animal products is a form of child abuse.” Neal Barnard, Medical Advisor, PETA, from Barnard’s book, Food For Life.

“Probably everything we do is a publicity stunt … we are not here to gather members, to please, to placate, to make friends. We’re here to hold the radical line.” Ingrid Newkirk, PeTA’s president and founder, USA Today, September 3, 1991.

“Humane care (of animals) is simply sentimental, sympathetic patronage.” Dr. Michael W. Fox, Humane Society of the United States, in 1988 Newsweek interview.

“We would be foolish and silly not to unite with people in the public health sector, the environmental community, [and] unions, to try to challenge corporate agriculture.” Wayne Pacelle, Humane Society of the United States, at the Animal Rights 2002″ Convention, July 1, 2002.

“If we are not able to bring the churches, the synagogues, [and] the mosques around to the animal rights view, we will never make large-scale progress for animal rights in the United States.”   Norm Phelps, Program Director, Fund for Animals: “Animal Rights 2002” convention, July 2, 2002.

“We are not terrorists, but we are a threat. We are a threat both economically and philosophically. Our power is not in the right to vote but the power to stop production. We will break the law and destroy property until we win.” Dr. Steven Best, speaking at International Animal Rights Gathering 2005. The Telegram (UK) July 17, 2005 [On the contrary. Some animal rights groups have been deemed domestic terrorist organizations by the FBI.]

“If someone is killing, on a regular basis, thousands of animals, and if that person can only be stopped in one way by the use of violence, then it is certainly a morally justifiable solution.” Jerry Vlasak, spokesman for Animal Defense League, April 1, 2004.

“It is dangerous to engage in even the most innocuous-seeming discourse with the FBI/ Homeland Security/ a local detective.” Ingrid Newkirk, PeTA’s founder and president, letter to activists posted on Yahoo, March 17, 2003.

There are about 2,000 people prepared at any one time to take action for us … The children [of targeted scientists and executives] are enjoying a lifestyle built on the blood and abuse of innocent animals. Why should they be allowed to close the door on that and sit down and watch TV and enjoy themselves when animals are suffering and dying because of the actions of the family breadwinner? They are a justifiable target for protest. Robin Webb, ALF leader, Sunday Herald (Scotland) Sept. 19, 2004.

“It won’t ruin our movement if someone gets killed in an animal rights action. It’s going to happen sooner or later. The Animal Liberation Front, the Earth Liberation Front — sooner or later there’s going to be someone getting hurt. And we have to accept that fact. It’s going to happen. It’s not going to hurt our movement. Our movement will go on. And it’s important that we not let the bully pulpit of the FBI and the other oppression agencies stop us from what we’re doing. They are the violent ones. They are the terrorists … we have to keep doing what we’re doing.” Jerry Vlasak, PCRM spokesman and Director of ADL, speaking at the Animal Rights 2004 convention (July 8-11).

“I don’t think you’d have to kill — assassinate — too many … I think for 5 lives, 10 lives, 15 human lives, we could save a million, 2 million, 10 million non-human lives.” Jerry Vlasak, Animal Rights 2003 Convention, June, 2003.

“Hit them in their personal lives, visit their homes. Actively target military establishments within the United States… strike hard and fast and retreat in anonymity. Select another location, strike again hard and fast and quickly retreat in anonymity … Do not get caught. DO NOT GET CAUGHT. Do not get sent to jail. Stay alert, keep active, and keep fighting.” Craig Rosenbraugh, radical animal rights spokesperson and a recipient of PeTA funds, in open letter to activists, published on the Independent Media Center website, March 17, 2003.

“Arson, property destruction, burglary and theft are ‘acceptable crimes’ when used for the animal cause.” Alex Pacheco, Director, PETA.

“Property destruction is a legitimate political tool called economic sabotage, and it’s meant to attack businesses and corporations.” David Barbarash, Spokesperson for the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), NPR radio show “The Connection” January 7, 2002.

“Damaging the enemy financially is fair game.” Alex Pacheco, animal rights radical, PeTA co-founder and one of its original 3 board members, Washington City Paper, December 18, 1987.

“Our nonviolent tactics are not as effective. We ask nicely for years and get nothing. Someone makes a threat, and it works.” Ingrid Newkirk, PeTA’s founder and president, US News and World Report, April 8, 2002.

“I openly hope that it [hoof-and-mouth disease] comes here. It will bring economic harm only for those who profit from giving people heart attacks and giving animals a concentration camp-like existence. It would be good for animals, good for human health and good for the environment.” Ingrid Newkirk, PeTA founder and president, ABC News interview April 2, 2001.

“We have found that civil disobedience and direct action has been powerful in generating massive attention in our communities … and has been very effective in traumatizing our targets.” JP Goodwin, Committee to Abolish the Fur Trade, National Animal Rights Convention ’97, June 27, 1997, now employed by the Humane Society of the United States.

2 responses to “Quotes from Animal Rights Activists”

  1. […] This ordinance shows where we’re headed with domestic pet ownership. The animal rights groups are getting exactly what they want. And all you other dog breed owners thought you were safe didn’t you? You thought they just wanted “pitbulls.” How does it feel to join the ranks of those of us who worry constantly about losing the cherished members of our family that animal rights groups have unabashedly stated they want to kill!? How does it feel to know your municipal and state government has been corrupted by fascists and lobbying special interests? Too bad Louisville! You just don’t have the kind of money it takes to buy an entire city council, or a state congressman! Too bad! Did you think you had rights??? Did you think this was America??? […]

  2. […] But that leaves out one thing.   If you stop the breeding of “pitbulls,” which I assume means bully breeds, then you will wipe out the breeds in one generation, which the animal rights groups have already stated is their agenda!   And do you think they’ll stop at bully breeds?   They don’t want you to own pets and they’re picking on bullies because they believe they’re an easy target.   But the real agenda here, is to end domestic pet ownership.   And worse, it tramples on our constitutional rights which are in short supply already these days!   And in case you’re wondering CNN, this is why America no longer trusts you!   They know the media is either lying to them or not telling them the whole truth!   So, do you understand the mechanization of a hit piece now? It’s when a news segment appears to have a counterpoint but really doesn’t. A real news segment will be moderated by the host. But Grace perverts the impartiality of the role of moderator (and can you even call Grace a moderator since she is anything but moderate) by attacking anyone with a logical counterpoint with the ferocity of a Great White Shark with chum in the water and flustering them to the point where they say something stupid. But then that appears to be theater also since some of her counterpoint guests in no way could qualify as “experts” and seemingly function only to further the lies, mythology, and vilification of bully breeds. Do you see why, for the most part, we loathe the media? […]

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