Animal instinct: Kerri Wright’s Thought for the Week

‘When profit becomes the primary measure, suffering is easily overlooked.’

by Kerri Wright 26th June 2026

Friends have long sought to be faithful to conscience, even when that requires courage. Throughout history, Quakers have challenged systems and institutions that they believed were inconsistent with compassion, justice, and spiritual integrity. Today, another system raises difficult questions of conscience: factory farming.