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Wayne Pacelle Quotes

born 1969 United States

Wayne Pacelle (born August 4, 1969) is an American animal rights activist and serves as president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States. Previously, he was national director for the Fund for Animals.

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

If we could shut down all sport hunting in a moment, we would.

Animals for the most part just need to be left alone.

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

We equate speciesism—the belief that one’s species is superior to all others—with racism and sexism.

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.

Animals have their own rights. We’re animals too.

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

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.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Wayne Pacelle (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.