Wayne Pacelle Quotes

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

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#2. If I had my personal view, perhaps that might take hold. In fact, I don't want to see another dog or cat born.

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#3. I don't have a hands-on fondness for animals. I did not grow up bonded to any particular nonhuman 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

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#4. We have no ethical obligation to preserve the different breeds of livestock produced through selective breeding One generation and out. We have no problems with the extinction of domestic animals. They are creations of human selective breeding.

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#5. Animals for the most part just need to be left alone.

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#6. Our goal is to get sport hunting in the same category as **** fighting and dog fighting. We are going to use the ballot box and the democratic process to stop all hunting in the United States.

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#7. The spirit of mercy is found in all the world's great religions , and they remind us of our charge in caring for Creation.

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#8. The entire animal rights movement in the United States reacted with unfettered glee at the Ban in England ... We view this act of parliament as one of the most important actions in the history of the animal rights movement. This will energise our efforts to stop hunting with hounds.

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#9. We are in the midst--much closer to the beginning than to the end, I believe--of an epic, political, cultural, and economic realignment in treatment of animals.

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

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#11. People know what happened in California, and they know it can happen again and again. They know that no group has passed more ballot measures than we have. They know we have a focused strategy. They know we have a budget of $150 million a year. And they know we're ready for a fight.

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#12. 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.

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#13. Indeed, consumer choice informed by conscience is an unstoppable force for good.

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#14. ... they all have a place and purpose of their own. They have their own dignity and their own destinies to fulfill, in a plan ultimately beyond any man's power to know.

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#15. ... there's a vast gap between what we know and what we allow, what objective science affirms and what the laws permit.

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#16. We know too much, and what might have been excused in other times can no longer stand up to reason. ... with that understanding comes moral responsibility.

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#17. We have no problem with the extinction of domestic animals.

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#18. Similarly, the people actually causing the the harm directly don't want us to be reminded of the their practices--in fact, they often make very determined efforts to conceal their cruelty.

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#19. The definition of obscenity on the newsstands should be extended to many hunting magazines.

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#20. Human care (of animals) is simply sentimental, sympathetic patronage.

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