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Animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way.
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Animals are not ours to use. What happens when you stop seeing animals as things, and start seeing them as individuals?
Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?
—Ingrid Newkirk, PETA Founder and co-author of AnimalKind