“It takes 16 lbs of grain to make 1 lb of beef. It takes 1 lb of grain to make 1 lb of bread. So, how many more plants are you eating if you eat a pound of beef? Secondly, I've harvested cabbages and pulled up carrots out of the ground and I've been in slaughter-houses and seen the animals have their brains bashed out with sledgehammers and their throats cut - the experiences are not comparable.” IfsHouseAnimalBrainCuttingEatingPlantBreadPoundsThroatGrainSlaughterBeefCarrotsCabbage Author:John Robbins
“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
“And then you bit onto them, and learned once again that Cut-me-own-Throat Dibbler could find a use for bits of an animal that the animal didn't know it had got. Dibbler had worked out that with enough fried onions and mustard people would eat anything.” PeopleKnowsEnoughUseBitsAnimalCuttingFoodCookingCulinaryThroatDiscworldOnionsMustard Author:Terry Pratchett
“Nature is like a wild animal that you have trained to work for you. So long as you are vigilant and walk warily with thought and care, so long will it give you its aid, but look away for an instant, be heedless or forgetful, and it has you by the throat.” GivingLooksLongCareNatureWalksAnimalAidsInstantThroatVigilantWild AnimalForgetful Book:Nectar in a Sieve: A Novel Source: Nectar in a Sieve: A Novel