These enthusiasts often like to hang signs that say

These enthusiasts often like to hang signs that say "Gone Fishin'" or "Gone Huntin'". But what these slogans really mean is "Gone Killing.

Marc Bekoff

If your idea of a 7 course meal is a bucket of KFC and a sixpack, you might be a redneck.

If your idea of a 7 course meal is a bucket of KFC and a sixpack, you might be a redneck.

Watching a baby being born is a little like watching a wet St. Bernard coming in through the cat door.

Watching a baby being born is a little like watching a wet St. Bernard coming in through the cat door.

You might be a redneck if the UFO hotline limits you to one call a day.

You might be a redneck if the UFO hotline limits you to one call a day.

Do you know why it's so hard to solve a Redneck murder? 'Cause there's no dental records and all the DNA is the same.

Do you know why it's so hard to solve a Redneck murder? 'Cause there's no dental records and all the DNA is the same.

You might be a redneck if going to the bathroom involves shoes and a flashlight.

You might be a redneck if going to the bathroom involves shoes and a flashlight.

I got my wife a mood ring. It works real good! When shes in a good mood it turns blue, but when shes in a bad mood theres a red mark across my forehead

I got my wife a mood ring. It works real good! When shes in a good mood it turns blue, but when shes in a bad mood theres a red mark across my forehead

Now, it's true I married my wife for her looks... but not the ones she's been givin' me lately.

Now, it's true I married my wife for her looks... but not the ones she's been givin' me lately.

You might be a redneck if you've ever stared at a can of orange juice because it said concentrate.

You might be a redneck if you've ever stared at a can of orange juice because it said concentrate.

You know you're a redneck if your home has wheels and your car doesn't.

You know you're a redneck if your home has wheels and your car doesn't.

Some people say they love animals and yet harm them nonetheless; I'm glad those people don't love me.

Some people say they love animals and yet harm them nonetheless; I'm glad those people don't love me.

We must remain hopeful that a universal ethic of courage, caring, sharing, respect, radical compassion, and love will make a difference even if we do not see the positive results of our efforts... We can never be too generous or too kind.

We must remain hopeful that a universal ethic of courage, caring, sharing, respect, radical compassion, and love will make a difference even if we do not see the positive results of our efforts... We can never be too generous or too kind.

It's bad biology to rob nonhuman animals of their emotional lives.

It's bad biology to rob nonhuman animals of their emotional lives.

The plural of anecdote is not data.

The plural of anecdote is not data.

A reduction of meat consumption by only 10% would result in about 12 million more tons of grain for human consumption. This additional grain could feed all of the humans across the world who starve to death each year- about 60 million people!

A reduction of meat consumption by only 10% would result in about 12 million more tons of grain for human consumption. This additional grain could feed all of the humans across the world who starve to death each year- about 60 million people!

Lacking a shared language, emotions are perhaps our most effective means of cross-species communication. We can share our emotions, we can understand the language of feelings, and that's why we form deep and enduring social bonds with many other beings. Emotions are the glue that binds.

Lacking a shared language, emotions are perhaps our most effective means of cross-species communication. We can share our emotions, we can understand the language of feelings, and that's why we form deep and enduring social bonds with many other beings. Emotions are the glue that binds.

Without close and reciprocal relationships with other animal beings, we're alienated from the rich, diverse, and magnificent world in which we live.

Without close and reciprocal relationships with other animal beings, we're alienated from the rich, diverse, and magnificent world in which we live.

Make ethical choices in what we buy, do, and watch. In a consumer-driven society our individual choices, used collectively for the good of animals and nature, can change the world faster than laws.

Make ethical choices in what we buy, do, and watch. In a consumer-driven society our individual choices, used collectively for the good of animals and nature, can change the world faster than laws.

Humans are a part of nature, not apart from nature.

Humans are a part of nature, not apart from nature.