k.d. lang Quote

We all love animals, but why do we call some 'pets' and others 'dinner'? If you knew how meat was made, you'd probably lose your lunch. I know. I'm from cattle country. That's why I became a vegetarian.

In a 1990 ad for PETA, standing beside a cow; as quoted in Have Not Been the Same: The CanRock Renaissance 1985-1995 by Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack, Jason Schneider (Toronto: ECW Press, 2011 ebook edition), p. 419.

We all love animals, but why do we call some 'pets' and others 'dinner'? If you knew how meat was made, you'd probably lose your lunch. I know. I'm...

We all love animals, but why do we call some 'pets' and others 'dinner'? If you knew how meat was made, you'd probably lose your lunch. I know. I'm...

We all love animals, but why do we call some 'pets' and others 'dinner'? If you knew how meat was made, you'd probably lose your lunch. I know. I'm...

We all love animals, but why do we call some 'pets' and others 'dinner'? If you knew how meat was made, you'd probably lose your lunch. I know. I'm...