If society says that it doesn’t want the recreational killing of wildlife then we should do away with it, just the way we’ve done away with cockfight… - Wayne Pacelle

I’ve always had an affinity for wildlife, and the direct assault made on that wildlife by hunters and trappers has always infuriated me … At the same time, I don’t have a hands-on fondness for animals. I did not grow up bonded to any particular nonhuman animal. I like them and I pet them and I’m kind to them, but there’s no special bond between me and other animals…

Interviewer: About fishing … do you avoid campaigning against it because there isn’t a ground-swell movement in our culture to eliminate it?

I don’t love animals or think they are cute.