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Abraham Lincoln
“I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.”
Abraham Lincoln

Anatole France
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”
Anatole France

Mary Catherine Bateson
“We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.”
MARY CATHERINE BATESON

“Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud...”
Yann Martel, Life of Pi

Marc Bekoff
“When animals express their feelings they pour out like water from a spout. Animals' emotions are raw, unfiltered, and uncontrolled. Their joy is the purest and most contagious of joys and their grief the deepest and most devastating. Their passions bring us to our knees in delight and sorrow.”
Marc Bekoff, The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy - and Why They Matter

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