Be assured that our individual actions, collectively, make a huge difference.

It was both fascinating and appalling to learn that chimpanzees were capable of hostile and territorial behavior that was not unlike certain forms of primitive human warfare.

We have turned away from the natural world. Instead, it's all about money and power.

If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.

It is these undeniable qualities of human love and compassion and self-sacrifice that give me hope for the future. We are, indeed, often cruel and evil. Nobody can deny this. We gang up on each one another, we torture each other, with words as well as deeds, we fight, we kill. But we are also capable of the most noble, generous, and heroic behavior.

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?

The best relationship you can have with a chimpanzee is total mutual trust.