>> “You can judge the morality of a nation by the way the society treats its animalsâ€. – Mahatma Gandhi
Load of bullshit and pretty damn hypocritical of him to be saying that when millions of people perished in the partition and famines while Gandhi and his cronies were in power. Yeah, you can tell I'm not blinded by his greatness.
I still do think that there is an incredible amount of work that needs to be done to protect those in our own species. If you do want to start protecting other species, the first step is to turn vegetarian in my opinion - or do you happen to think that dogs are more superior than cows, sheep and other animals that are reared for one purpose - to feed you.
I don't think he said it, but I to agree with whoever attributed this to Russell.
Animal rights, taken to their logical conclusion, mean votes for oysters.
Bertrand Russell