For Animals.

From beasts we scorn as soulless,
In forest, field, and den,
The cry goes up to witness
The soullessness of men.

~ By M. Frida Hartley

Hide me in the shadows,
Kill me in the darkness,
And all will be forgotten.
But shine a light upon my death,
And I will be everywhere,
And justice will be my name.

~ The Save Movement

Animals do have a voice,
if you ignore their suffering I will remind you of it.
If you don’t understand them I will translate.
If you don’t hear them I will be their voice.
You may silence them, but you cannot silence me as long as I live.

~ Anita Madhessia

“We must not turn away with our eyes what they are forced to endure with their bodies.”

~ Earthling Ed (Speech at Animal Rights March, London)

“Our life is not just our own. Our existence is a vessel through which we are morally obliged to create positive change.”

~ Earthling Ed (same as above)

“You took him from his mother,
You kept him from the sun.
You didn’t let him feel the earth,
You didn’t let him run.
You cut bits off his body
And caused him so much hurt.
You saw him as a nothing,
Made him live in his own dirt.
You showed him not one kindness,
All he knew was pain.
You hung him up and cut his throat,
You sliced right through his veins.
You stuffed him in your sandwich,
You baked him in your pie,
Then you ate his fear and horror
And you ate his desperate cries.
You killed him for no reason,
Your hands were on the knife.
When you dropped him in your trolley
You took away his life.”

~ Emma Murphy

“When the suffering of another creature causes you to feel pain, do not submit to the initial desire to flee from the suffering one, but on the contrary, come closer, as close as you can to her who suffers, and try to help her.”

~ Leo Tolstoy

“The worst scream I have ever heard, by far, is a mother cow on a dairy farm screaming her lungs out day, after day, after day for her baby to be given back to her.”

Gary Yourofsky

“Most people don’t question their habit of eating animals, as they’ve been brought up to believe it is normal behaviour. But causing suffering should never be considered normal.”

Benjamin Zephaniah

“Consider that animals, like us, have one life. It is their life, their only life, and as important to them as our life is to us.”

~ Jill Robinson

“It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal.”

~ Joaquin Phoenix

“The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than blacks were made for white, or women for men.”

~ Alice Walker

“When it comes to the end, will there be less suffering in the world because you lived, or because you died?”

~ Unknown