animals Quotes

In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.

I love dogs, but dogs, you have to be in the country with dogs. I cannot walk a dog on the street.

When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.

In nine lifetimes, you'll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.

I realised the animal agriculture industry is actually awful and tragic and I can't bear to be a part of that. The environmental impact of the agriculture industry, the health impact on us, there's all the reasons.

Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

All these other creatures have an equal right to exist here. We have no prior rights to the Earth than anybody else, and if they're here, let's give them a chance to survive.

People can't get their heads round the idea of a species surviving; you know, they're more concerned about how you treat a donkey in Sicily or something.

When we see animals doing remarkable things, how do we know if we're simply seeing tricks or signs of real intelligence? Are talented animals just obeying commands, or do they have some kind of deeper understanding? One of the biggest challenges for animal researchers is to come up with tests that can distinguish between the two.