We are human, and we suffer, and unlike the animals on the farm, we are self-aware, and we know that we suffer, and it doesn’t hurt more or less if God caused it or could...

Because we tend to equate intelligence with language–particularly the ability to use language to think and communicate abstractions–it is natural to conclude that animals are, on the whole, a lot less intelligent than we are.

The path of the norm is the path of least resistance; it is the route we take when we’re on auto-pilot and don’t even realize we’re following a course of action that we haven’t consciously...

The whole horror of the situation is that he now has a human heart, not a dog’s heart. And about the rottenest heart in all creation!

The animals are those things that God likes but doesn’t love.

They felt everything in nature was alive, and animals, trees, and plants were all brother s and sisters.

The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man’s.

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

A group of owls is called a parliament, wisdom, or study.

How much does an elephant weigh?

God loves and cares for creation and has the right to expect this loving care be replicated by humans. Creation exists, not for the glory of humanity, but for the glory of God. God has...

Hi! handsome hunting manFire your little gun.Bang! Now the animalis dead and dumb and done.Nevermore to peep again, creep again, leap again,Eat or sleep or drink again. Oh, what fun!

Faced with an ecological crisis whose roots lie in this disengagement, in the separation of human agency and social responsibility from the sphere of our direct involvement with the non-human environment, it surely behoves us...

But after dealing with Roy for a while I just wanted to get through the time I’d signed on for, to prove to myself that I couldn’t be beaten by a girly-faced, chicken-boned, racist cat.

If it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck, it could be a really ugly swan.

Infant wart hogs resemble both sides of the family.

Wolves and Doves mate for life. I hope in the next life I am one of the two.

Discipline isn’t about showing a dog who’s boss; it’s about takingresponsibility for a living creature you have brought into your world.

When a man is at peace he is a man, when angry he is an animal.

Cats are there to be indulged. That’s their function: to receive the love we never fully gave our parents. Not like dogs. Dogs are there to give us the love and devotion our children will...

I am not over fond of animals.

Leave it man. Squirrel’s botherin nae cunt likesay! Ah hate it the wey Mark’s intae hurtin animals… it’s wrong man. Ye cannae love yirsel if ye want tae hurt things like that… ah mean… what...

woof” in cat.

Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not.

Animals don’t hate, and we’re supposed to be better than them.

Forty-two years after Dr. King was murdered, we are still a nation of inequality. People of color, women, gays, lesbians, and others are still treated as second-class citizens. Yes, things have changed but we have...

Why was it, she asked herself, that “animals can sometimes subdue their predatory ways in only a few months, while humans, despite centuries of refinement, can quickly grow more savage than any beast?

We were treated like animals.

I like animals, I really do, but some animals are just meant to be eaten.

How monotonous our speaking becomes when we speak only to ourselves! And how insulting to the other beings – to foraging black bears and twisted old cypresses – that no longer sense us talking to...

We see horrible things when animals are tied up. They’re left out in the sun with no food or water, and they are blistered and overheated.

Animals are on earth to protect mankind. When you gather a bunch of them together like this, you create a safe haven. Nothing can touch you here.

Did I ever tell you my pet peeve?’No,’ I said.People who dress up their pets to look like Little Lord Fauntleroys or cowboys, clowns, ballerinas. As if it’s not enough just to be a dog...

Where do we record the passing of wildlife? Who mourns the silent deaths of the small?

Don’t judge a cat by its coat.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

Products from infected animals will not enter the food chain. Systems are in place.

Remember that animals are born to live their own lives, not to serve you! Do not use them; do not exploit them. Let them live their own lives.

When it comes to looking after all the species that are already endangered, there’s such a lot to do that sometimes it might all seem to be too much, especially when there are so many...

She was not a vegetarian and knew firsthand animals had to die for her delectation, but she never liked to think about it.

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

The sharing of information must be timely, regular and global. From the more than 30 reported outbreaks in animals from 2005, no (Chinese) viruses have been made available so far.

And then came the three-toed sloth. Stupid sloth. It was a crazy-looking beastie, all arms and bristling grey fur; its body was a blob, the kind of shape a six-year-old would draw for a pig,...

The wild things of this earth are not ours to do with as we please. They have been given to us in trust, and we must account for them to the generation which will come...

Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same.

There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it...

Mankind are animals that makes bargains, no other animal does this.

Now may every living thing, young or old,weak or strong, living near or far, known orunknown, living or departed or yet unborn,may every living thing be full of bliss.

Finally, Charlie gave up the hunt and placed (the puppy) back on the floor, dispatching fleas was not his idea of a romantic evening, unless you happened to be a twisted exterminator, he thought.

the single largest translocation of animals undertaken since Noah’s Ark.