Kristin Bauer van Straten Quotes

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.

Cruelty to animals can become violence to humans.

If I hammer my own thumb while doing some DIY, it's not nice, but it's not the end of the world. To care obsessively about similar levels of discomfort in animals seems to be a case of mistaken moral priorities.

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

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

I'm totally against animal cruelty. I don't have clothes, shoes or bags made from any animal products.

I'm very touched on a deep level by cruelty to animals.

After spending time with the rescued turkeys at Farm Sanctuary's shelter and seeing how similar they are to my furry companion animals at home, I knew I needed to do everything in my power to protect these friendly and curious birds from the daily pain and suffering they endure on factory farms.

To me, it is one world, and the non-human animals bear the brunt of oppression and suffering.

I've never worn fur, either. I'm a naturally squeamish person, and fur smells like dead animal to me.

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

Abuse yourself all you want - just leave animals out of it. Don't wear fur.

The simplest and clearest motivation for taking animal welfare seriously is the recognition that pain is in and of itself a bad thing, and that to inflict significant amounts of it unnecessarily is wrong.

Animals have never betrayed me. They are an easy prey, as I have been throughout my career. So we feel the same. I love them.

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

Michael Vick may enjoy watching dogs fight. Someone else may find that repulsive but see nothing wrong with eating an animal who has had a life as full of pain and suffering as the lives of the fighting dogs. It's strange that we regard the latter as morally different from, and superior to, the former.

Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.

Im an animal love, but I don't have the smarts to be a vet, or the heart to have been a vet cause I cry over any wounded animal.

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

When I did 'Babe' I wanted to talk about animal rights without going through some convoluted justifications about using animal products.

The only animals that we test on are the two of us and our kids.

I wouldn't want to see any animal in pain, no matter what.

I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse and suffering of animals.

I don't think a living being should suffer for the sake of fashion, period. End of story. You don't have to kill an animal just because you want to be hot and fly. And I really stand by that.

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.