Wayne Pacelle Quotations

As a society, we are typically deeply disassociated from animal cruelty, but more than ever, animal protection organizations are telling the backstory.

When we transplant organs, we are enabling viruses to jump natural barriers between species.

The good news is we are seeing an incredible surge in non-animal technologies in laboratories. With researchers using stem cells, visually impaired people may one day have new corneas and lenses grown from their own cells. That is likely to be a more effective and cheaper approach than using animals.

Human creativity and innovation is going to make the exploitation of animals look not only inhumane but obsolete and cumbersome.

China is now urging citizens to eat less meat. Factory farming comes with immense costs to a society, and Chinese leaders are starting to recognize its implications for water use, the efficient use of grains and other food resources, and human health concerns.

China cares about its reputation and doesn't want to be known as the nation whose preferences drove the extinction of elephants.

China is a keen observer of trends elsewhere in the world, and it's going to give our own innovators a run for their money.

Animal abuse is still widespread and we have so much work ahead.

Especially in this Internet age, routine practices are being exposed and rightly recognized as harsh and cruel.

People are being forced to confront the realities. At the same time, we have an ever-growing understanding of the intelligence and emotional capacities of animals and an acceptance of the principle that animal cruelty is a moral problem.