Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal. – Sir Winston Churchill

There is a drop of blood in the snow before me…. The coyote… is in estrus…. spurred to let out a bit of herself, sending a message, telling everyone she was now ready, that the clock of her winter was ticking toward spring. – Craig Childs, The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild

I subscribe to the theory that Mankind never domesticated any animal. They came in from the cold and looked cute until they were fed. – David Beard, @Raqhun

There is in all animals a sense of duty that man condescends to call instinct. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com