Jill Robinson Quotes

China once again disgusts the world, portraying the image of a cruel, perverted people devoid of any feelings towards animals.

Our reputation as a nation of animal lovers means we can make a strong case for dogs as pets rather than as food.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

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

There is no need for use of torture instruments such as ankush for controlling the elephants. We can do it with the help of verbal commands.

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.

I like animals, I really do, but some animals are just meant to be eaten.

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.

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.

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

I'm very much into animal welfare.

If anyone has seen the horrific and unwatchable footage of the Chinese cat and dog trade - animals skinned alive - then they could not possibly argue in favour of China as a caring nation. There are no animal protection laws in China and this results in the worst animal abuse and cruelty on the planet. It is indefensible.

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.

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

I do feel like by buying rats from a pet store, you are saving them because if not, they would get fed to a snake or something.

As people's lifestyles have improved, they've become more and more sensitive toward animals. It's becoming a universal value, like Western classical music.

Just about every children's book in my local bookstore has an animal for its hero. But then, only a few feet away in the cookbook section, just about every cookbook includes recipes for cooking animals. Is there a more illuminating illustration of our paradoxical relationship with the nonhuman world?

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?

In my movies, there has been little to do in the way of animal rights. I have never worked in a movie with animals. No horse-riding, no trained dogs, lions, bears. A few actors, but what could I do? We had to have them.

I don't think I'd ever be cruel to an animal.

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.