Frans de Waal Quotes

I hope that dog lovers around the world will support the Cruelty Free International global campaign to end the use of dogs in outdated and cruel experiments.

I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.

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.

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

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.

Working in this industry, I have been exposed to so many products and now realize more than ever how cruel and unnecessary animal testing is.

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

The more you learn about animals and animal rights - it's an intriguing, fascinating world.

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.

When I became aware of how inhumane it is to test on animals, I made a commitment not to buy anything that was.

For years, I have traveled all around the country to promote animal welfare, fighting for policies that will finally eliminate unnecessary animal suffering.

The PAWS Act is a simple bill that could have a dramatic - and potentially life-saving - effect on the lives of many.

I published a thesis about animal rights when I was studying in England in 1991. Back then, I was a human rights lawyer and people condemned me for talking about animal rights when human rights are still not guaranteed. However, human rights are guaranteed in a society where animal rights are secured.

Animals, or at least those who are conscious and capable of suffering or enjoying their lives, are not things for us to use in whatever way we find convenient.

Terms like that, 'Humane Society,' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't care to dwell on what happens to the innocent.

Protecting animals is very important to me, and I think speaking out against fur is an amazing cause.

We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence. But the way we treat them puts on display the very worst of human behavior.

We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.

I hate a word like 'pets': it sounds so much Like something with no living of its own.