Quote of the Day for 2016-05-12

"A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral."

— Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Letter to Eugen Heinrich Schmitt (October 12, 1896)

Anti factory farming ad campaign created by Voiceless (2012)

Quote of the Day for 2016-03-08

"We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form."

— William Inge (1860-1954) "The Idea of Progress," Romanes Lecture (1920)

Preparing hog carcasses for hair removal in the Chicago Meatpacking district (1890)

Quote of the Day for 2015-08-14

"Animals do not admire one another. A horse does not admire his companion."

— Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) #401, Pensées de Pascal, Edited by Léon Brunschvicg

Base image for the Missing Unicorn project, by Camomile Hixon (2010)