Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

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

I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us, trusting as a child must that we will be kind and take care of their needs.

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

All of my friends are animal people. To me, cats are people, too. Animals are people, too. I travel a lot and when I go overseas, it's really hard on me because the animals are treated much differently, especially in developing countries.

Animal welfare issues have always been important to me.

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

At times they don't like you to kick them and they feel you're not allowed to kick them.

I've been involved in animal issues for quite a while, going back 24 years. I started reading up on factory farming and slaughterhouses and animal cruelty, and it didn't make sense for me to be part of it.

Animals shouldn't be mistreated.

The PAWS Act is a simple bill that could have a dramatic - and potentially life-saving - effect on the lives of many.

After dealing with so much dark energy and investigating violent people for my job, I value creatures with pure souls - animals, especially dogs. I believe a higher power/god created these creatures to give us balance from people who can be truly evil. I am an active voice and supporter against animal cruelty.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

I hope to bring much more attention to important issues and change for issues and practices that are harming animals.

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

If we are concerned about the exploitation of human workers in countries with low standards of worker protection, we should also be concerned about the treatment of even more defenceless non-human animals.

However, I do firmly believe in maintaining the integrity of the animal.

Abuse yourself all you want - just leave animals out of it. Don't wear fur.

At PETA, we often say that the issue of how animals are treated isn't just about them; it's about us, how we behave.

The animals are right here, right in front of us. And how we treat these companions is a test.

Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.