- Vandana Shiva: The entire meat industry is a scandal. It shouldn't exist in this form. It is a crime against Earth and against our bodies, because our bodies weren't designed for this kind of diet.
- Vandana Shiva: [about meat industry and consumption] Altogether this is causing a biological catastrophe, a catastrophe on a planetary scale. It is destroying bio-diversity, the soil, the water, the climate, and our health.
- Benjamin Zephaniah (author & musician): Choosing one animal to eat and another animal to be a pet is just a kind of racism.