The Question is not can they reason, nor can they talk? But, can they suffer?
- Jeremy Bentham 

Elizabeth Andrews

Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart

- Elizabeth Andrews 

Singers and Animals

One of the members of my favorite band Maroon 5, Mickey Madden once said

"When you dig a little below the surface what you find out is really disturbing and it makes veganism seem like the only option really. I can't even conceive of going back to eating animals at all"

Empathy

"To understand any living being you must creep within and feel the beating of his heart"

- W. Macneile Dixon

Animal Farm

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing.  He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits.  Yet he is lord of all the animals.  

- George Orwell, Animal Farm

Alice Walker

As we talked of freedom and justice on day for all, we sat down to steaks. I am eating misery, I thought, as I took the first bite. And spit it out.

- Alice Walker

Playdough

""I am at his service," she says of her cat, Playdough. "Whatever he wants me to do is what I do."

- Halle Berry, People Magazine

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.  
- C.S. Lewis

"Most people, if they knew how fur was made, if they knew how animals were killed, most people wouldn't be down with it. If you saw a guy hurting a puppy on the street, you definitely would say something, I know I would."

- Benji Madden, Good Charlotte

"I can look anyone in the eye and say that i think wearing fur is the dumbest thing in the world!"
- Chuck Comeau, Simple Plan

ALexander Von Humbolt

“Cruelty to animals is one of the most significant vices of a low and ignoble people. Wherever one notices them, they constitute a sign of ignorance and brutality which cannot be painted over even by all the evidence of wealth and luxury.”


- Alexander Von Humbolt

Alice Walker

Judging

We judge a man by his treatment of animals

-kant

Do animals have less fear because they cannot speak?

"Some old school, force-based trainers insist that you have to overpower the dog with force, using things like scruff shakes (where the handler grabs the sides of the dog's neck and shakes him), and alpha rolls (where the handler flips the dog onto his back and holds him there until he stops resisting) or, if necessary, by hanging the dog with a choke collar until he submits or collapses in unconsciousness. Most owners, thankfully, are unwilling or unable to inflict this kind of abuse on their dogs. These abused dogs frequently end up biting or becoming enough of a threat that they are surrendered to animal shelters, where they are usually euthanised as dangerous and incorrigible. Sadly, if these dogs had been trained with non-confrontational methods, they might have been fine."




Pat Miller - The Power of Positive Dog Training