Occupation: Professor Birth: September 6, 1945
These enthusiasts often like to hang signs that say "Gone Fishin'" or "Gone Huntin'". But what these slogans really mean is "Gone Killing..
When animals express their feelings they pour out like water from a spout. Animals' emotions are raw, unfiltered, and uncontrolled. Their joy is the ….
Many animals experience pain, anxiety and suffering, physically and psychologically, when they are held in captivity or subjected to starvation, soci….
Animals are not resources or property with whom we can do what we please, their lives matter very much, and they should be firmly entrenched in our m….
A reduction of meat consumption by only 10% would result in about 12 million more tons of grain for human consumption. This additional grain could fe….
Some people say they love animals and yet harm them nonetheless; I'm glad those people don't love me..
It's bad biology to rob nonhuman animals of their emotional lives..
Make ethical choices in what we buy, do, and watch. In a consumer-driven society our individual choices, used collectively for the good of animals an….
Compassion begets compassion, cruelty begets cruelty. What we give we will ultimately receive. Nonhumans help make us human. They teach us respect, c….
I would like to believe that it is, and will continue to be, human compassion for other beings that will result in our giving them the protection the….
Dominion does not mean domination. We hold dominion over animals only because of our powerful and ubiquitous intellect. Not because we are morally su….
Humans are a part of nature, not apart from nature..
Although other animals may be different from us, this does not make them LESS than us.
Animals are not property or "things" but rather living organisms, subjects of a life, who are worthy of our compassion, respect, friendship, and supp….
Human beings are a part of the animal kingdom, not apart from it. The separation of "us" and "them" creates a false picture and is responsible for mu….
We must remain hopeful that a universal ethic of courage, caring, sharing, respect, radical compassion, and love will make a difference even if we do….
Lacking a shared language, emotions are perhaps our most effective means of cross-species communication. We can share our emotions, we can understand….
All animals, including humans, have a right to lives of dignity and respect, without forced intrusions..
Often, the greater our ignorance about something, the greater our resistance to change..
The plural of anecdote is not data..
Let us remember that animals are not mere resources for human consumption. They are splendid beings in their own right, who have evolved alongside us….