“Not everyone is in a position to help other animals, but everybody is in the position not to harm them.”
-Anthony Douglas Williams, author
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“Well, then they can race around the park, and they can race around the beach, but they won’t be racing on a track and getting themselves injured to the degree that they are getting themselves injured now.”
– Rt Hon Winston Peters, Minister of Racing, in the press conference of 10 December 2024 where it was announced that New Zealand will ban commercial greyhound racing effective 1 August 2026 on animal welfare grounds
“In the eyes of a dog, a Christmas tree is a giant, gloriously decorated fire hydrant.”
– Unknown
Thuson of Hermione, a blind boy, had his eyes licked in the daytime by one of the dogs about the temple, and departed cured.
– Inscription on a tablet at Epidaurus, a city in ancient Greece that is an UNESCO World Heritage Site
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“Animals are such agreeable friends; they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.”
– George Eliot, English novelist and poet
“Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That’s the problem.”
– A A Milne, author of Winnie the Pooh
“If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.”
– James Herriot, British veterinary surgeon and author
“Dogs are the leaders of the planet. If you see two life forms, one of them’s making a poop, the other one’s carrying it for him, who would you assume is in charge.”
– Jerry Seinfeld, comedian and actor
Barbara Woodhouse was a British dog trainer who had her own television show in the 1980s – Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way.
Stanley Coren is a well-known psychology professor and writer about the intelligence and mental abilities of dogs
