Troop Life
Six months living with rescued and wild primates has deeply affected me. For the better - mostly - but I'm also left somewhat haunted by the similarities between us. I've seen shocking cruelty executed towards ...
Mark Twain on Animals
"It is just like man’s vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions."...
Dalai Lama on Animals
"Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures."...
Al Pacino Climbs A Tree
Al Pacino the Baboon is on watch, his new family is nearby so he's hyper-vigilant to keep them safe.
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Sam Harris on Character
"Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes traini...
Mark Twain on Opinions
"Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul."...
Albert Einstein on Vegetarianism
"Vegetarian food leaves a deep impression on our nature. If the whole world adopts vegetarianism, it can change the destiny of humankind."...
Lawrence Anthony on Animals
"But perhaps the most important lesson I learned is that there are no walls between humans and the elephants except those that we put up ourselves, and that until we allow not only elephants, but all living cre...
Mark Twain on Animals
"I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the “lower animals” ( so called ) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me."...
Mark Twain on Animals
"Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one… that possesses malice. H...
Albert Einstein on Vegetarianism
"It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living, by its purely physical effect on the human temperament, would be the most beneficial influence to mankind."...
Martin Luther King Jr on Challenge
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."...
In Conversation with Raquel Riskin
Local Vancouver starlet and Maxim, FHM, Spike TV model and tiger-taming femme fatale Raquel Riskin joins us for a wee tête-à-tête about her career, animal rights and conservation issues.
Was there ever one e...
Darwin Primate Group Sanctuary
It's been a month now, sorting through the difficult circumstances facing Darwin Primate Group and its fledgling primate sanctuary for rescued and orphaned Chacma Baboons and Vervet Monkeys.
I didn't think t...
Buddha on Vegetarianism
"The eating of meat extinguishes the great seed of compassion."
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Martin Luther King Jr on Action
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."...
In Conversation with Amber Nichole Miller
Amber Nichole Miller is one of the more recognizable faces on the scene in Las Vegas, Nevada. The former Ultimate Fighting Championship Ring Girl still models actively and is a Hyde Bellagio "Social Experience ...
Walking With Baboons
The first time I stepped out onto the trail behind the baboons, I didn't know what to expect. Karin Saks called them into formation and off we went; through the endangered Yellowood forest with three or four yo...
Welcome to Tsitsikamma
I can't tell you just how excited I am to be here. It took about six hours by bus on the R2 to reach Plettenberg Bay or as the locals say "Plet Baai". The Garden Route is a dramatic, verdant landscape I look fo...