Henry Spira
Henry Spira
Belgian-American animal rights advocate, founded Animal Rights International in
1974, responsible for first full-page NY Times ad opposed to animals tested for
cosmetics
(1927-1998)
"My dream is that people will come to view eating an animal as cannibalism."
"I began to wonder why we cuddle some animals and put a fork in others."
"I guess basically one wants to feel that one’s life has amounted to more than just consuming products and generating garbage. I think that one likes to look back and say that one’s done the best one can to make this a better place for others. You can look at it from this point of view: What greater motivation can there be than doing whatever one possibly can to reduce pain and suffering?"
“Set goals that are achievable. Bring about meaningful change one step at a time. Raising awareness is not enough.”
"We don't have the response to pets as we do to cattle. We can’t eat dogs but we can eat pigs. But pigs are just as intelligent as dogs, if not more. We don’t see them. Pigs are in cages away from us, in the dark. That could be a part of it. We also don’t have an evolved response to climate change. We do things we know have disastrous consequences.We know it fucks the poor, desert peoples around the world, coastal peoples. Turning on the AC, eating the steak, on the plane. Absolutely devastating."
