Quotes by Ingrid Newkirk

About Ingrid Newkirk:

Ingrid Newkirk is an English-born British-American animal rights activist and the president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world's largest animal rights organization. She is the author of several books, including Making Kind Choices (2005) and The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights: Simple Acts of Kindness to Help Animals in Trouble (2009).
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U.K. citizens fleeing the Middle East and Japan have been allowed to take their animal companions with them on evacuation flights. The U.S. is not so civilized, and that's a blot on our national copybook.

Ingrid Newkirk

There's nothing humane about the flesh of animals who have had one or two or even three improvements made in their singularly rotten lives on today's factory farms.

Ingrid Newkirk

If you like to bake with eggs, you can substitute Ener-G egg replacer, bananas, tofu, or many other ingredients. You get the hang of it quickly enough.

Ingrid Newkirk

Ninety-five percent of the eggs produced in America come from factory-farmed birds. Even if free-range farms were hugely more humane, the sheer number of animals raised to satisfy people's desire for eggs, meat, and milk makes it impossible for us to...

Ingrid Newkirk

It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.

Ingrid Newkirk

Cheap meat is the problem. The answer is to replace meat recipes with vegan meals.

Ingrid Newkirk

At PETA, we often say that the issue of how animals are treated isn't just about them; it's about us, how we behave.

Ingrid Newkirk

Every time we consume meat, eggs or dairy foods, we contribute to ecological devastation and the wasteful misuse of resources on a global scale.

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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.

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I have to think of the positive; that's how I cope.

Ingrid Newkirk

Author Bio

  • NameIngrid Newkirk
  • DescriptionBritish-American activist
  • BornJune 11, 1949
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • AwardsAhimsa Award