Dido Harding Quotes

As long as man eats animals how can cruelty to animals be removed.

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

I love animals and feel very strongly that people should not be allowed to buy a pet if they are not able to look after it.

The simplest and clearest motivation for taking animal welfare seriously is the recognition that pain is in and of itself a bad thing, and that to inflict significant amounts of it unnecessarily is wrong.

Fortunately, this is not something that we see a lot of. Very rarely do you see a dog in this terrible shape from starvation. People just aren't that cruel.

I have always been against cruelty to animals and remain so.

All of us in society are supposed to believe that cruelty to animals is wrong and that it is a good thing to prevent needless suffering. So if that is true, how can meat be acceptable under any but the most extraordinary circumstances, such as perhaps roasting the bird who died flying into a window?

I wouldn't want to see any animal in pain, no matter what.

We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals?

A few years ago, the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved bowls... saying that it is cruel to keep a fish in a bowl with curved sides because, gazing out, the fish would have a distorted view of reality. But how do we know we have the true, undistorted picture of reality?

Because animals are property, we consider as 'humane treatment' that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans.

Those who actually hate animals to the point of being cruel to them are outcasts to the rest of us, no matter where in the world they live.

There was a time when cowboys respected their horses instead of riding them to death just to show off for a crowd.

I would be more angry if an animal were treated cruelly than people, because people can defend themselves.

Dogs and their well-being is one of my biggest passions in life. The Michael Vick case brought the issue of dogfighting to light... he knew what he was doing and never deserved to play in the NFL again.

When someone is mean to a dog, they are being cruel to a living being.

As someone who lives with an animal, I think it's important to learn how to responsibly care for souls who don't have their own voice. They can't advocate for themselves.

You know, we all oppose animal cruelty. But sometimes we forget that animals on farms suffer and feel pain like all other animals. They, too, deserve to be protected from harm and cruelty.

Animals aren't any better equipped to survive an emergency than humans are. Few people missed the fact that after Hurricane Katrina, people died because buses and emergency shelters wouldn't allow their animals.

I'm very much into animal welfare.

Working in this industry, I have been exposed to so many products and now realize more than ever how cruel and unnecessary animal testing is.

Animals have never betrayed me. They are an easy prey, as I have been throughout my career. So we feel the same. I love them.

I can't remember when I wasn't an animal rights activist.

I think, if you were being cruel to animals, then the thought of eating them would be horrific.

I just don't think animals should be slaughtered for their fur.