Wayne Pacelle

"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…"

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

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

"Interviewer: How about pets, Wayne? Would you envision a future with no pets in the world?"

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

"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 an…"

"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."

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