# His achievements in helping animals: # 1977-Helped end cat mutilations at American Museum of Natural History. # July 6, 1978-Founded Animal Rights International. # 1979-Organized coalition against Revlon & other cosmetics makers to phase out Draize test. Later tackled LD50. # 1980's-Focused on the billions of food animals in US. # 1996-Led USDA to abolish hot face branding of cows. # Late 90's-Via Coalition for Non-Violent Food, urged McDonald's to form animal welfare division. "What gives us the right to violate the bodies and minds of other feeling beings?"--Henry Spira "Animals Are Not Edibles"--Henry Spira "I don't think one can articulate a satisfaction with harming another being whether it's human or nonhuman."--Henry Spira Some people in the humane movement fight for what they can relate to in their lives--the cat lovers who have cats, dog lovers who have dogs. Henry not only fought for the welfare of our animal companions, he was committed to end cruelty in whatever form it took. He may have never lived with chickens, cattle, pigs & other farm animals, but his deep compassion & concern for the billions of farm animals which are tortured every day was that strong.

I lived on a dairy, 50 years ago, small B Dairy with 48 head, on about 70 acre, Grew our own crops, rotated the crops and cattle, they never were pinned up or heard together. Alway had fresh feed, and open field. Didn't have to stand in there own waste.  Today dairies in California are a disgrace to the humane treat to the animals that produce their income. I also had chicken and ducks and pigs and wild turkeys.  They flew in to eat my feed and stayed.