Once people learn, it is hard to forget and go back.

Mostly, I make sure to stay keenly aware of my own shortcomings so that I am more patient with others.

Giving into anger destroys the soul.

Some of us seem to be born with a drive to try to make the world kinder.

Seriously, many people have told me they can't eat turkeys anymore after getting to know them. I think in the wider world, when the stories air on the media, they help banish the idea that birds, other than parrots, are somehow lesser.

I met my first turkey at an animal sanctuary in 2000. The sanctuary owner brought out a turkey named Olivia who had been rescued from a factory farm. As I sat on the grass and reached out to pet her, she climbed into my lap and fell asleep. I was flabbergasted and charmed.

I don't understand "animal people" who say they are not environmentalists. Do they not realize that the vast majority of animals live in the environment?