Having hunters oversee wildlife is like having Dracula guard the blood bank. - Wayne Pacelle

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 cockfighting and dogfighting.

The whole ‘rights’ thing is fraught with so much. I’m not sure I believe in any natural right.

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…