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“Food-- like sex, politics, and religion-- is an intensely personal, emotional, and complicated subject.”
― Animal Factory: The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy, and Poultry Farms to Humans and the Environment
― Animal Factory: The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy, and Poultry Farms to Humans and the Environment
“Naomi noted in closing that Britain had one of the "most staunchly conservation-oriented publics ... they are strongly antiwhaling ... they are an island nation who feel they must protect the marine environment." Yet there were zero cetacean displays left in the UK. "Clearly they are getting their marine education, their marine ethic, from some other source.”
― Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity
― Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity
“I can help, but in the end it is up to you”
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“But what if the capture of the young calf had never occurred? Tilikum might still be swimming free in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic, chasing his cherished herring, perhaps alongside his mother. He might be surrounded by siblings, nieces, and nephews, and his grandmother might still be leading the pod.
An oceanic Tilikum would be gliding through his boundless home with fearless power and majestic grace, his fin erect, his teeth intact, his interactions with humans minimal and nonlethal. There would be no need for gelatin or Tagamet, antibiotics or isolation.
And of course, if Tilikum had never been wrenched away from his family and friends, entirely for the amusement of humans, the family and friends of Keltie Byrne, Daniel Dukes, and Dawn Brancheau might not be grieving to this day.
Tilikum was trying to tell us something. It was time to listen.”
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An oceanic Tilikum would be gliding through his boundless home with fearless power and majestic grace, his fin erect, his teeth intact, his interactions with humans minimal and nonlethal. There would be no need for gelatin or Tagamet, antibiotics or isolation.
And of course, if Tilikum had never been wrenched away from his family and friends, entirely for the amusement of humans, the family and friends of Keltie Byrne, Daniel Dukes, and Dawn Brancheau might not be grieving to this day.
Tilikum was trying to tell us something. It was time to listen.”
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“That fire you see can't last. Still, as it burns, it lights everything.”
― Get Up, Please: Poems
― Get Up, Please: Poems
“I think language is more than capable
of looking out for itself, don’t you? I mean, when was
the last time you looked at the list of synonyms for
baffled? They’re among the best in the English language:
puzzled, nonplused, discombobulated, flummoxed, stumped,
fogged, bewildered, buffaloed. Maybe we should just
shut up.”
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of looking out for itself, don’t you? I mean, when was
the last time you looked at the list of synonyms for
baffled? They’re among the best in the English language:
puzzled, nonplused, discombobulated, flummoxed, stumped,
fogged, bewildered, buffaloed. Maybe we should just
shut up.”
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“But that’s the way it goes:
the biggest mistake you can make is to play a song for a friend
and expect them to love the lyrics as much as you do. There you are,
blinking back tears, while your friend is hoping that an airplane
hits your house so they don’t have to listen to this lugubrious shit
anymore, though lugubrious is a wonderful word, isn’t it,
because it sounds exactly like someone crying but is also funny,
like Buick or waffle.”
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the biggest mistake you can make is to play a song for a friend
and expect them to love the lyrics as much as you do. There you are,
blinking back tears, while your friend is hoping that an airplane
hits your house so they don’t have to listen to this lugubrious shit
anymore, though lugubrious is a wonderful word, isn’t it,
because it sounds exactly like someone crying but is also funny,
like Buick or waffle.”
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“Then Jack Hanna joined the fray: “How are you going to love something, Larry, unless you see something? You can’t love something and save something unless you see it.”
Naomi had heard this argument before. It was ridiculous on its face, she thought. What about dinosaurs? People, and especially kids, were crazy about dinosaurs. They loved them, without ever having laid eyes on a single one.”
― Death at SeaWorld by David Kirby (9-Oct-2013) Paperback
Naomi had heard this argument before. It was ridiculous on its face, she thought. What about dinosaurs? People, and especially kids, were crazy about dinosaurs. They loved them, without ever having laid eyes on a single one.”
― Death at SeaWorld by David Kirby (9-Oct-2013) Paperback
