Animal Activist Rallies Showcase Continued Pressure on Agriculture

TAFA and AR Quotes

• “We want consumers to choose compassion, and STAY vegan!”
  – Erica Meier (Compassion Over Killing), AR 2011
• “The prime audience to this issue is the youth. They are most open-minded to the issue.”
  – Michael Weber (FARM), AR 2011
• “The day will come when veganism is supported and activists won’t be regarded as radicals, but rather as heroes.”
  – Melanie Joy (Author:  “Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows”), AR 2011
• “Showing compassion in these farms will get you fired.”
  – Brian Monell ("Undercover Investigator" and Animal Liberation Front Spokesperson), AR 2011
• “For some reason animal agriculture is stuck in the mud for technology.”
  –Josh Balk  (HSUS), TAFA
• “Lots of donations and money go to rescue dogs and cats, however the public does not understand that every cow, pig and chicken needs to be rescued too.”
  – Nathan Runkle  (MFA), TAFA
• “Far too long we have let the opposition think we need factory farming to feed the world, we can feed the world better without factory farming.”
  – Mahi Klosterhalfen  (Albert Schweitzer Foundation), TAFA
• “Law enforcement may be resistant. They don’t know how to deal with animal issues so they would rather ignore it.”
  –Adam Parascandola (HSUS), TAFA
• “I believe it’s feasible to end factory farming by 2050.”
  – Phillip Lymbery (Compassion in World Farming), TAFA