To me, trees are living beings and they have their own sort of personalities.
If a chimp who has been abused horribly by humans can help a human friend in a time of need, how much more should we help the animals - and other people for that matter - in their time of need?
If we kill off the wild, then we are killing a part of our souls.
I don't even think of chimps as animals. I think of them as beings.
If harsher laws are put in place, less will dare to break them.
The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.