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Wayne Pacelle
14 quotes
“Having hunters oversee wildlife is like having Dracula guard the blood bank.”
Wayne Pacelle (born 1965) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wayne Pacelle in: William G. Tapply, Who Speaks for People? Field & Stream, June 1991, p. 6
“If we could shut down all sport hunting in a moment, we would.”
Wayne Pacelle (born 1965) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wayne Pacelle, Impassioned Agitator, Associated Press, December 30, 1991
“I don’t love animals or think they are cute.”
Wayne Pacelle (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We equate speciesism—the belief that one’s species is superior to all others—with racism and sexism.”
Wayne Pacelle (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Animals have their own rights. We’re animals too.”
Wayne Pacelle (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Animals are no one’s property, and they have the right not be ‘taken,’ ‘harvested,’ or ‘culled’ or any other euphemism for murder that wildlife managers use. They are no one’s property, just as you and I are no one’s property other than our own.”
Wayne Pacelle (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Interviewer: [W]ould you let people hunt for food if they did it respectfully?”
Wayne Pacelle (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Interviewer: How about pets, Wayne? Would you envision a future with no pets in the world?”
Wayne Pacelle (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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…”
Wayne Pacelle (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Wayne Pacelle (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Interviewer: About fishing … do you avoid campaigning against it because there isn’t a ground-swell movement in our culture to eliminate it?”
Wayne Pacelle (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Animals for the most part just need to be left alone.”
Wayne Pacelle (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The whole ‘rights’ thing is fraught with so much. I’m not sure I believe in any natural right.”
Wayne Pacelle (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are lots of gun rights groups, but the one that you hear about and the one that is feared is the NRA. I'd rather be loved -- and feared.”
Wayne Pacelle (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source