"It takes a very sick individual to assert his power by abusing the
defenseless. And it takes a diseased system to justify and permit this. As
long as a culture deems particular beings to be of less worth, whether
because of their gender, ethnicity or in this case species, it will then
allow for violence against those beings. This is the root of all social
injustice."

Dr. Pia Salk, a clinical psychologist specializing in the
human-animal bond, who co-led the post Katrina animal rescue effort in New
Orleans,