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Even painless research is fascism, supremacism, because the act of confinement is traumatizing in itself.

Ingrid Newkirk

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Ingrid Newkirk
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 11
Activist
Animal Rights Advocate
Film Director
Ingrid Elizabeth Newkirk
Fascism
Research
Even
Traumatizing
Painless
Confinement

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We’re looking for good lawsuits that will establish the interests of animals as a legitimate area of concern in law.
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I wish we all would get up and go into the labs and take the animals out or burn them down.
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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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Bulls can do nothing to demand justice. They can only defend themselves as best they can in a fight with a pre-determined ending and die never knowing why they were forced to endure such a painful and prolonged death. It's up to us, as a civilized society, to call for an end to the Running of the Bulls and bullfighting.
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I am just trying to make the best possible case for the animals. That is clearly what I have been put on earth to do. Even after I am gone I will try to continue.
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When I hear of anyone walking into a lab and walking out with animals, my heart sings.
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We do not advocate 'right to life' for animals.
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
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Consumers of meat, eggs and dairy products might well ask what they are supporting. Do farmers care about anyone but themselves? Can't anyone see the cow for the cheese?
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We have to be aggressive when those we stick up for have no voice. I don't consider it radical to say cruelty is wrong and that animals should be respected. I consider it radical to eat corpses, put electrodes in animals' heads, make elephants live in chains in the circus, and poison animals we consider a nuisance.
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Eventually companion animals would be phased out, and we would return to a more symbiotic relationship - enjoyment at a distance.
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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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Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as consumers, do? Opting out of paying someone to allow animals to die in a barn fire or at the slaughterhouse seems pretty reasonable.
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I will be the last person to condemn ALF [the Animal Liberation Front].
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I plan to send my liver somewhere in France, to protest foie gras (liver pate) ... I plan to have handbags made from my skin ... and an umbrella stand made from my seat.
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Eating meat is primitive, barbaric, and arrogant.
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Every time we consume meat, eggs or dairy foods, we contribute to ecological devastation and the wasteful misuse of resources on a global scale.
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Medical research is immoral even it it's essential.
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Cheap meat is the problem. The answer is to replace meat recipes with vegan meals.
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Elephants have the largest brains of any mammal on the face of the Earth. They are creative, altruistic and kind.
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