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.

every individual can make a difference ... if we continue to leave decision making to the so-called decision makers, things will never change.

To me, cruelty is the worst of human sins. Once we accept that a living creature has feelings and suffers pain, then by knowingly and deliberately inflicting suffering on that creature, we are guilty, whether it be human or animal.

A sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, "This is where I belong. This is what I came into this world to do.

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?

I was even accused of teaching the chimps how to fish for termites which I mean that would have been such a brilliant coup.

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.