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Anyone who tries to improve the lives of animals invariably comes in for criticism from those who believe such efforts are misplaced in a world of suffering humanity.

— Jane Goodall Reason for Hope: a Spiritual Journey (2000)

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Researchers find it very necessary to keep blinkers on. They don't want to admit that the animals they are working with have feelings.

Especially now when views are becoming more polarized, we must work to understand each other across political, religious and national boundaries.

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.

With Love (1999)

The greatest danger to our future is apathy.

The least I can do is speak out for the hundreds of chimpanzees who, right now, sit hunched, miserable and without hope, staring out with dead eyes from their metal prisons. They cannot speak for themselves.

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