mad mags’s Reviews > We Animals > Status Update

So many feelings.

"2013. Dumpster full of dead rabbits. Dead except one. He was suffocating inside one of the plastic bags.

I took him." - notes from the field

"I took photos of the skinning machine. It’s in the barn and I took the photo through the window. Next to the machine, the walls are covered in soft porn; women posing half naked w/ what appears to be fur.

There’s a lot I don’t understand." - notes from the field

"Amazing, gorgeous strong women, tattooed and not. Vegan. Friendly. There is so, so much peace in this house, It makes me teary." - notes from the field

"Ron’s inherent dignity, his individuality and the gravity of his gaze are shared by many, if not all, of the animals in this book. [...] At the very least, we owe Ron and all the others the respect of meeting their eyes and not turning away."

"'Why don’t you do something more important, like help people in Afghanistan?!' a hunter yelled at one
of us. The sab replied: 'Why don’t you help the people in Afghanistan instead of killing foxes?'"

"Hunters frequently call the police and sabs are often arrested for so-called harassment and anti-hunting activity — a bizarre accusation since hunting with hounds is against the law."

"Derided by the powers that be as 'little old ladies in tennis shoes,' or disparaged by the Men of Science and Business as sentimental busybodies, ordinary women like Helen Nelson are the essential catalysts for lasting change. They are my heroes."

"We in the West are conveniently outraged by the selling of dogs or cats for food, forgetting that the choice we make between petting and lavishing affection on one group of creatures, and killing and eating another, is just as arbitrary and cruel."