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I will be the last person to condemn ALF [the Animal Liberation Front].

Ingrid Newkirk

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Ingrid Newkirk
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 11
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Animal Rights Advocate
Film Director
Ingrid Elizabeth Newkirk
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I know it's illegal [trespassing], but I don't think it's wrong.
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The extinction of Homo Sapiens would mean survival for millions, if not billions, of Earth-dwelling species. Phasing out the human race will solve every problem on Earth - social and environmental.
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Businesses are terrified. They have no idea what I'm going to do next.
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It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.
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A lot of people have culturally induced ethical blindness, but they can be cured!
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Medical research is immoral even it it's essential.
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Animal hoarding was a dirty secret until hoarders appeared on our TV screens and showed how they are compelled to collect so many dogs, cats or parrots that the animals end up in cages only inches bigger than their own bodies. For life.
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Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.
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Even painless research is fascism, supremacism, because the act of confinement is traumatizing in itself.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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Although we have, in theory, abolished human slavery, recognized women's rights, and stopped child labor, we continue to enslave other species who, if we simply pay attention, show quite clearly that they experience parental love, pain, and the desire for freedom, just as we do.
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I don't have the luxury of having a dog myself because I travel too much, but I love walking and cuddling somebody else's dog.
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If my father had a heart attack it would give me no solace at all to know his treatment was first tried on a dog.
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If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must celebrate Earth Day every day - at every meal.
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Never doubt that one person can make a difference.
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One hates to be absolute, but in my view, there is no such thing as humane meat.
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