To me the question is, why are we denying them the obvious rights they should have? They are flesh and blood, they feel pain as we do, they experience joy, they have their own behaviours and their own languages among themselves that they understand and we don’t. They have maternal instincts and look after each other as we do… it’s not an intellectual thing when a mother protects her child; it’s an instinctive behaviour.
Ingrid Newkirk — To me the question is, why are we denying them the obvious r
Founder and President of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)