Outtakes
I had an amazing time with this wonderful, diverse group of trailblazers, so I’m delighted to share some of the outtakes from the interviews.
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One Thing to Improve the Lives of Animals (Compilation)
Peter Singer, Lee Hall, Richard Epstein, Steve Wise, Jarrod Bailey, Sarah Baeckler, Katherine Meyer, Pat Dingle and Gary Francione recommend one thing to improve the lives of animals.
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One Thing to Improve the Lives of Animals (Katherine Meyer)
“There are so many times when you’ll see an animal struggling or being mistreated or locked up in a hot car or an injured pigeon on the side of the road. Stop and take care of that animal.”
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Where Would You Draw the Line? (Compilation)
Jarrod Bailey, Richard Epstein, David Priestman, Laurie Pycroft, Roger Fouts, Steve Wise, Katherine Meyer, Theo Capaldo, Gary Francione, Lee Hall, Peter Singer, Sarah Baeckler, and Pedro Pozas Terrados respond to where they would draw the line and what criteria they would use when granting rights to animals.
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Drawing the Line (Katherine Meyer)
“[I]f you start with gorillas and orangutans and chimpanzees… I think you’re going to get more people coming on board for the basic cause, which is to provide animals with more protections and rights under the law.“
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How to Effect Change
“I think both avenues, both trying to change the legal status of primates from property to persons as well as using the existing laws… can be used, most importantly I think, to raise the consciousness of the public, which is really what’s going to force the issue over time.” – Katherine Meyer
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Animal Welfare Act: Difficult to Enforce
“The USDA’s own Inspector General issued a very scathing report about the lack of enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act by the Department of Agriculture. And I think that this agency tends to see itself, its role really as assisting, helping out the entities that it regulates as opposed to really doing anything to protect animals.” Katherine Meyer
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Endangered Species Act: Split Listing
“What the Fish and Wildlife Service did, is it issued a special regulation that said, we are going to designate chimpanzees in the wild as Endangered but we’re going to keep captive chimpanzees listed as Threatened, subject to this special rule. The special rule being none of the protections of the statute apply.” – Katherine Meyer
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What is the Animal Welfare Act?
“The Animal Welfare Act is a statute that was passed by Congress in the 1960’s to protect certain animals from inhumane treatment.” -Katherine Meyer
