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I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the

I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the “lower animals” (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me. – Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth, 1907

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It is a perversely human perception that animals in their native habitat are running wild. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth. – Chief Seattle of the Suquamish Tribe, letter to President Franklin Pierce

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The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made. – John Berryman

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