If my father had a heart attack, it would give me no solace at all to know his treatment was first tried on a dog. - Ingrid Newkirk

Probably everything we do is a publicity stunt … we are not here to gather members, to please, to placate, to make friends. We're here to hold the radical line.

If a girl gets sexual pleasure from riding a horse, does the horse suffer? If not, who cares? If you French kiss your dog and he or she thinks it's great, is it wrong? We believe all exploitation and abuse is wrong. If it isn't exploitation and abuse, it may not be wrong.

It <nowiki>[</nowiki>animal research] is immoral even if it's essential.