Wilbur Smith Quotes

A person who knows cock fighting is better off than a learned scholar

I am not, and have never been, a supporter of cockfighting or any other forms of animal cruelty.

Any abuse of animals is the same as abuse of men, women, or children.

Mr. Speaker, for the last 5 years I have been working with a bipartisan group of my colleagues to make it illegal to continue the barbaric practice of game bird and illegal dog fighting.

The way animals were and are abused appalls me to this very day.

Our cock won’t fight.

The evening commenced with bear-baiting, badger and coon drawing, wolf-hunting and rat-killing. The bear was baited by five dogs until he caught them in his paws and crunched them half to death, amid the yells and cheers of the assembled fancy...

Yes, I've often been threatened by hunters, by horsemeat butchers, and seal murderers... I am still alive!

From what I hear, dogfighting is a sport. It's just behind closed doors.

Cruelty to animals can become violence to humans.

Terms like that, 'Humane Society,' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't care to dwell on what happens to the innocent.

Protecting animals is very important to me, and I think speaking out against fur is an amazing cause.

We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence. But the way we treat them puts on display the very worst of human behavior.

We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.

Animals mean everything to me. We have to be their voice and protectors.

Bolivia recently did what every country should do - banned the use of animals in circuses.

I could do a franchise for the end of everything. 'The End of Dogs,' 'The End of Cats.'

I'm definitely an animal lover, and I stand up for all animals' rights.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

No matter whether it's someone from the political left or right, we just need a voice to stand up and defend animal rights.

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.

I'm very touched on a deep level by cruelty to animals.

To save an animal's life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone.

We eat animals because they taste good. And if that's O.K., what's wrong with wearing fur? We need as a society to think seriously about our institutionalized animal use.

Animals have always been a passion of mine, being able to help them because they can't help themselves, and I think that people have treated them so badly over the years and it's just not fair. It's something I feel like I can help make a difference.