The more you go on, the less you need people standing between you and the animal and the camera waving their arms about.

The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates; none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be optimistic.

If we and the rest of the back-boned animals were to disappear overnight, the rest of the world would get on pretty well. But if the invertebrates were to disappear, the world's ecosystems would collapse

If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in life is to pass on their genes to the next generation.

Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware that you are not treating them with respect, the viewers are.

There are perfectly good independent small nations.

If I can bicycle, I bicycle.