Researchers find it very necessary to keep blinkers on. They don't want to admit that the animals they are working with have feelings.

The tree I had in the garden as a child, my beech tree, I used to climb up there and spend hours. I took my homework up there, my books, I went up there if I was sad, and it just felt very good to be up there among the green leaves and the birds and the sky.

I have never had an animal that didn't have a personality, one differing from another.

I think we must cling to the hope that we can see in the great heroism, the bravery of the firemen and policemen, and the outpouring of caring and concern that has come pouring in from around the world.

Being evil is something that only humans are capable of.

Every stage of my life set the scene for the next, and at each point all I had to do was say "yes" and not think too much about the consequences.

My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature.