Rory Freedman Quotes

Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case.

As long as man eats animals how can cruelty to animals be removed.

I don't like to see animals in pain. That was very uncomfortable to me. I don't like factory farming. I'm not an advocate for the meat industry.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

To save an animal's life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone.

It is no longer acceptable to ignore the suffering, and designers must take responsibility for the way that their fur is produced.

Animal welfare issues have always been important to me.

If we are concerned about the exploitation of human workers in countries with low standards of worker protection, we should also be concerned about the treatment of even more defenceless non-human animals.

Everyone agrees that animals should not be exposed to unnecessary pain. But neither should scientists be hamstrung by the requirement to use anesthesia in every animal experiment that might cause pain.

However, I do firmly believe in maintaining the integrity of the animal.

Scientists should not do animal testing if there is any alternative, but subject to that, I would support it on grounds of the medical benefits.

I'm very much into animal welfare.

The animals are right here, right in front of us. And how we treat these companions is a test.

Both my wife and I have a lot of compassion for animals in general.

The raccoons, foxes, beavers, chinchillas, minks, rabbits, and yes, sometimes even dogs and cats that are killed for fur are not very different from your beloved dog or cat. They all have eyes, ears and hearts. They all experience pain when they are physically maimed. They shake with fear when they experience terror.

I have always been against cruelty to animals and remain so.

All of us in society are supposed to believe that cruelty to animals is wrong and that it is a good thing to prevent needless suffering. So if that is true, how can meat be acceptable under any but the most extraordinary circumstances, such as perhaps roasting the bird who died flying into a window?

We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals?

Scientists are supposed to study animals in a totally objective fashion, similar to the way we inspect a rock or measure the circumference of a tree trunk. Emotions are not to interfere with the assessment. The animal-rights movement capitalizes on this perception, depicting scientists as devoid of compassion.

I don't think Wisconsin should become known as a state where we shoot cats.

We don't need to eat anyone who would run, swim, or fly away if he could.

I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us, trusting as a child must that we will be kind and take care of their needs.

The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.

I've been involved in animal issues for quite a while, going back 24 years. I started reading up on factory farming and slaughterhouses and animal cruelty, and it didn't make sense for me to be part of it.

Of course, animals have to be killed for food or to prevent their doing injury to others or to property. But such killing is too often carried out without regard to the pain inflicted.