Humanity’s true moral test, its fundamental test…consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.

The forces of justice had finally come to Annawadi. That the beneficiaries were horses was a source of bemusement to Sunil and the road boys.

This for many people is what is most offensive about hunting—to some, disgusting: that it encourages, or allows, us not only to kill but to take a certain pleasure in killing. It’s not as though...

Each human should strive to make enough money with a single goal of helping 10 other needy humans and 50 animals.

the biggest damage to the Baghdad Zoo had not been done in battle, fierce as it had been. It was the looters. They had killed or kidnapped anything edible and ransacked everything else. Even the...

One’s interest or need does not annul other’s right.

Out there is South Dakota,” Kitch had said, “Matt said they treated Fern like some kind of animal.

Even if only one person’s respect for animals increases, then writing Talon would have been worthwhile.

Some animal rights activists are demanding vegetarianism, even veganism now, or nothing. But since only 4 or 5 percent of Americans claim to be vegetarians, ‘nothing’ is the far more likely outcome. I ask these...

If you want to test cosmetics, why do it on some poor animal who hasn’t done anything? They should use prisoners who have been convicted of murder or rape instead. So, rather than seeing if...

You always fed strays and bent down to talk to the dogs you met on the street, looking straight into their eyes as if they were old friends. (Maybe they are, you said. From another...

One saw a bird dying, shot by a man. It was flying with rhythmic beat and beautifully, with such freedom and lack of fear. And the gun shattered it; it fell to the earth and...

God gave man the authority to rule and protect all the animals in the aquatic ecosystems.

When you start with a necessary evil, and then over time the necessity passes away, what’s left?