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Through PETA, we rescue animals in roadside zoos and circuses. They are some of the most abused animals in the country.

Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.

If you saw a dog going to be crushed under a car, wouldn't you help him?

It is rewarding beyond words to rescue a dog from the shelter and have that dog become part of your family.

It's important to remember that the animals are not grieving with us. They're very accepting. They're not lying there thinking 'How could you do this to me? Why aren't you keeping me going?' Pets don't do the human things of guilt and anger and recrimination that we do. They come and go with great acceptance.

I think pets are a good thing, especially if you get them out of a shelter.

When people buy, rescue, or otherwise acquire a dog from unscrupulous breeders or amateur rescue groups, they are making a decision with ethical consequences. They have a profound responsibility to consider their actions; to gauge the dog's behavior, to train it thoroughly and rigorously, to protect other humans and dogs from harm.

The perfect rescue dog is out there for everybody. You just have to find it.

I don't eat animals. I rescue strays and take injured pigeons to the wildlife rehab. I carry spiders and wasps outside in a cup covered with a 3x5 card. It would only follow that I'd take pause when contemplating the abrupt and apparently brutal ending of a tiny human being's life, or even a potential human being's life.