“People in the United States spend millions of dollars on Halloween costumes for their pets each year. I wonder how many fewer animals would be euthanized if that money were instead donated to animal shelters.”
– Mark Cuppola
“One of the most disgusting things I have ever witnessed in my life was a young man abusing his own innocent and defenseless pet cat for no reason other than the man was angry about something that had nothing to do with the cat.”
– Katherine Jordan
“Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.”
– James Cromwell
“The government allows tax deductions for ‘dependents.’ I think pets should be included. That would help to enable people to afford proper food and veterinary care for their pets — including spaying and neutering — and just might help to reduce the number of homeless animals by increasing pet ownership.”
– Jeff Kelly
“Animals so often are innocent victims of displaced hostility. I can think of no better way in which to prevent animal cruelty than to address the underlying anger responsible for so much of it.”
– Geraldine Wilson
“It’s a little known fact that one in three family pets gets lost during its lifetime and approximately nine million pets enter shelters each year.”
– Betty White
“You cannot share your life with a dog or a cat and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings.”
– Jane Goodall
“Every year owner surrender rates triple between (Thanksgiving and Christmas)…The only reason we’ve ever figured out is that it’s around the time folks realize what a pain their untrained dogs are — lots of company over — or they suddenly figure out boarding will cost hundreds so they just surrender.”
– Heather Clarkson
“Time spent with cats is never wasted.”
– Sigmund Freud
