Wayne Pacelle famous quotes

03-28-2025

I don't have a hands-on fondness for animals. I did not grow up bonded to any particular nonhuman animal. I like them and I pet them and I'm kind to them, but there's no special bond between me and other animals
-- Wayne Pacelle

#Growing Up #Animal #Hands
We have no ethical obligation to preserve the different breeds of livestock produced through selective breeding One generation and out. We have no problems with the extinction of domestic animals. They are creations of human selective breeding.
-- Wayne Pacelle

#Animal #Different #Generations
We have no problem with the extinction of domestic animals.
-- Wayne Pacelle

#Animal #Extinction #Problem
We would be foolish and silly not to unite with people in the public health sector, the environmental community, [and] unions, to try to challenge corporate agriculture.
-- Wayne Pacelle

#Silly #Animal #Agriculture
We're against animal fighting and killing animals for fur.... We want Americans to eat fewer animals
-- Wayne Pacelle

#Fighting #Animal #Fur
If we could shut down all sport hunting in a moment, we would.
-- Wayne Pacelle

#Sports #Animal #Hunting
The entire animal rights movement in the United States reacted with unfettered glee at the Ban in England ...We view this act of parliament as one of the most important actions in the history of the animal rights movement. This will energise our efforts to stop hunting with hounds.
-- Wayne Pacelle

#Animal #Hunting #Rights
If I had my personal view, perhaps that might take hold. In fact, I don't want to see another dog or cat born.
-- Wayne Pacelle

#Dog #Cat #Animal
People know what happened in California, and they know it can happen again and again. They know that no group has passed more ballot measures than we have. They know we have a focused strategy. They know we have a budget of $150 million a year. And they know we're ready for a fight.
-- Wayne Pacelle

#Fighting #Animal #Years
Animals for the most part just need to be left alone.
-- Wayne Pacelle

#Animal #Needs #Animal Rights
The Humane Society of the United States works with local Humane Societies across the country. We don't control every local Humane Society in this nation. These organizations strive to the greatest degree to provide homes for animals and to encourage adoption, to spay and neuter animals. And if a decision is made to euthanize, it is a failure of society, not the local organizations who are striving to do their best.
-- Wayne Pacelle

#Country #Home #Animal
If we could shut down all sport hunting in a moment, we would. [. . .] Only 7% of Americans are hunters. That means there are more of us than there are of them. It is simply a matter of democracy. The majority rules in a democracy. We are going to use the ballot box and the democratic process to stop all hunting in the United States. . . We will take it species by species until all hunting is stopped in California. Then we will take it state by state.
-- Wayne Pacelle

#Sports #Mean #Hunting
The definition of obscenity on the newsstands should be extended to many hunting magazines.
-- Wayne Pacelle

#Hunting #Magazines #Definitions
We believe in the Three Rs - reducing the consumption of meat and other animal-based foods; refining the diet by eating products only from methods of production, transport, and slaughter that minimize pain and distress; and replacing meat and other animal-based foods in the diet with plant-based foods.
-- Wayne Pacelle

#Pain #Believe #Animal
Human care (of animals) is simply sentimental, sympathetic patronage.
-- Wayne Pacelle

#Animal #Care #Sentimental
The life of an ant and the life of my child should be accorded equal respect.
-- Wayne Pacelle

#Children #Ants #Should
Our goal is to get sport hunting in the same category as **** fighting and dog fighting. We are going to use the ballot box and the democratic process to stop all hunting in the United States.
-- Wayne Pacelle

#Sports #Dog #Fighting

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