Jenna Morasca Quotes

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

I don't think that the world would be a better place if everyone owned a dog, and I don't think that all relationships between dogs and their owners are good, healthy, or enriching.

Never use dogs to symbolize anything. That is ridiculous. Always ensure that any dogs are just dogs; i.e., characters in the story who happen to be dogs.

Animals have a very clear spirit, and they are so open to the world around them that they can easily be mistreated.

I started Friends of Finn to raise money and awareness about the issue of puppy mills, which are illegal breeding facilities where animals are often bred to death and mistreated. It's a prevalent problem and a million dollar industry in the United States.

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.

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

I have never really been fond of animals. I certainly wasn't an 'animal lover' when I became involved in the movement. I just came to be persuaded that animals should be treated as independent sentient beings, not as means to human ends.

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

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

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

Animals have always been a passion of mine, being able to help them because they can't help themselves, and I think that people have treated them so badly over the years and it's just not fair. It's something I feel like I can help make a difference.

I hope to bring much more attention to important issues and change for issues and practices that are harming animals.

All of my friends are animal people. To me, cats are people, too. Animals are people, too. I travel a lot and when I go overseas, it's really hard on me because the animals are treated much differently, especially in developing countries.

Any abuse of animals is the same as abuse of men, women, or children.

Animal welfare issues have always been important to me.

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

I think, if you were being cruel to animals, then the thought of eating them would be horrific.

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

Animals weren't put on this earth to entertain us.

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

I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for Lassie.

I wish people would realize that animals are totally dependent on us, helpless, like children, a trust that is put upon us.

I only want to protect animals from barbarous, cruel, inhuman and backward rituals.

People idealise their animals, and at the same time they patronisingly overlook a dog's natural life - biting fleas, burying bones, rolling in garbage, barking up an empty tree all night... But what do they do themselves? Bury stuff that will rot in secret and then dig it up and bury it again and rant and rave under empty trees!