Hope’s Story – Chapter One
This is a story about a special little person who changed my life. Her name is Hope, and she just happens to be a Vervet Monkey. Upon my arrival in South Africa in January 2013, she immediately stole my heart.
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Khalil Gibran on Giving
"Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need."
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Thich Nhat Hanh on Mindfulness
“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which ...
Khalil Gibran on Learning
"I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers."
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Kahlil Gibran on Meaning
"Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you"
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Corey Knowlton vs. the World
Corey Knowlton is a trophy hunter who earns his livelihood from violence and killing.
Last week he bid $350,000 USD in a Dallas Safari Club auction to kill a majestic individual from the few remaining endang...
When Animal Rights Activists Attack
Exitus acta probat. The animal rights cause is just: Violence against helpless victims must end regardless of species. But when do the ends justify the means?
A significant problem arises when the animal rig...
T. Casey Brennan on Animals
"Poor animals! How jealously they guard their pathetic bodies…that which to us is merely an evening’s meal, but to them is life itself."...
Leonardo Da Vinci on Animals
"The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men."...
The Dalai Lama on Animals
"Killing animals for sport, for pleasure, for adventure, and for hides and furs is a phenomena which is at once disgusting and distressing. There is no justification in indulging is such acts of brutality."...
Charles Darwin on Animals
"The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.
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Leo Tolstoy on Animals
"A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite."...
Peter Wilson & Nature’s Way Farm Stall
Peter Wilson operates a small dairy farm in The Crags, South Africa. He also kills primates. If Peter isn't killing off the local primates he's encouraging his staff to kill them via torture, shootings, stabbin...
Albert Einstein on Animals
"If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.”...
In Memoriam | Matt
Matt was a member of the Loredo Troop of wild baboons who used the Hebron Nature Reserve as part of their movement corridor between the adjacent farms and properties in The Crags, Western Cape, South Africa whe...
Matt Gets Hiccups
Matt the Baboon was a friendly chap who lived in a wild troop near The Crags, Western Cape, South Africa. He was a good friend. When Matt found some fresh goodies in the garden or the fruit trees he inhaled the...
In Memoriam | Douglas
Douglas was a Chacma Baboon who lived in the Western Cape, South Africa. He was a member of the wild Loredo Troop who frequented the area and who used the Hebron Nature Reserve as a wildlife corridor between th...
In Memoriam | Franco
Franco was a rescued ex-pet Vervet Monkey undergoing rehabilitation at the Darwin Primate Group (DPG) sanctuary in the Western Cape, South Africa when he was confiscated by Cape Nature; the provincial "wildlife...
Bud Photobombs Baby Baboon
Bud, the alpha male of the wild Loredo troop just had to get in on the spotlight when we were filming one of his children. Check out that swagger!...
Bean Loves Raspberries
Bean is a mischievous and playful rescued Chacma Baboon - he was raised by human parents after his baboon family was murdered by farmers. He's quite used to interacting with people. This video was taken in the ...