Certainly, if you look at human behavior around the world, you have to admit that we can be very aggressive.
Jane GoodallOf course we're all programmed genetically to some extent. But the "selfish gene" thesis doesn't explain everything.
Jane GoodallResearchers find it very necessary to keep blinkers on. They don't want to admit that the animals they are working with have feelings.
Jane GoodallFarm animals are far more aware and intelligent than we ever imagined and, despite having been bred as domestic slaves, they are individual beings in their own right. As such, they deserve our respect. And our help. Who will plead for them if we are silent? Thousands of people who say they ‘love’ animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been treated so with little respect and kindness just to make more meat.
Jane Goodall