Tidbits from a Washington Post interview with Karen Dawn, author of Thanking the Monkey."You're not a bad person if you're not thinking about the animals. I don't believe in bad or good people. I think people make choices, and you can always choose again."
"My vegetarianism didn't happen overnight. . . . I'm still a cheating vegan: If I'm dying for Doritos -- and I know they have a bit of whey in them -- I still eat them. But I think if I wasn't a cheating vegan, I might not even be engaging in this lifestyle at all. It's not an all-or-nothing thing."
"Some things are better than others. . . . it's better to eat an occasional piece of steak than an omelet every day, both health-wise and also because of the amount of cruelty involved."
"I was sitting on the grass [at a rescue organization], and this turkey -- whose beak and toe ends were sheared off when she lived on a turkey factory farm -- comes hobbling over to me. And I put up my hand to stroke her, and she crawls into my lap. I was just flabbergasted. She was so soft and so clearly loved being stroked and petted. She fell asleep in my lap. And I don't think people expect that of turkeys."
"It's interesting when you meet chickens: They are sentient beings and not particularly stupid at all. And you suddenly don't want to be contributing to the battery cage industry."
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