I always loved animals. And when I was ten, I decided I had to go to Africa and live with animals and write books about them.

It would be absolutely useless for any of us to work to save wildlife without working to educate the next generation of conservationists.

One individual cannot possible make a difference, alone. It is individual efforts, collectively, that makes a noticeable difference - all the difference in the world!

Chimpanzees, more than any other living creature, have helped us to understand that there is no sharp line between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom. It's a very blurry line, and it's getting more blurry all the time.

Every individual can make a difference every day by making conscious choices.

Even chimps understand the concept - if a troop of chimps enters a fruit tree, they will only pick the fruits that are ripe and leave the others growing. That is sustainability.

Of course animals have a personality and emotions.