“It is common talk that every individual is entitled to economic security. The only animals and birds I know that have economic security are those that have been domesticated--and the economic security they have is controlled by the barbed-wire fence, the butcher's knife and the desire of others. They are milked, skinned, egged or eaten up by their protectors.” KnowsHas BeensDesireIndividualAnimalCommonEconomicSecurityBirdControlledKnivesEntitledFenceWireProtectorButchersBarbed WireEconomic Security Author:Ray Lyman Wilbur
“Don't get a job in an abattoir. Don't be a butcher. The idea that people have to do these jobs for a livelihood is ridiculous. They can get other jobs. Shoplift, man. Better to be a prostitute than cut an animal's head off for a living.” PeopleMenIdeasJobsAnimalCuttingRidiculousLivelihoodButchers Author:Chrissie Hynde
“The butcher with his bloody apron incites bloodshed, murder. Why not? From cutting the throat of a young calf to cutting the throats of our brothers and sisters is but a step. While we ourselves are living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal conditions on the earth?” EarthYoungAnimalStepsCuttingConditionsBrotherIdealsMurderGravesWhy NotThroatAnimal RightsBloodyBrothers And SistersButchersBloodshedCalvesAprons Author:Isadora Duncan
“So long as men are compassionate to such a degree that they cannot hear a fly struggling in a spider's web without emotion it can never be reasonably maintained that it is their natural impulse to wound and kill the dumb animals, or to butcher one another in what is called the field of honour.” MenLongNaturalAnimalEmotionStruggleFieldsDegreesWoundsDumbImpulseHonourCompassionateAnimal RightsSpidersButchers Author:John Newton