If A Chimp Who Has Been Abused

I Am Obstinate And I Will Not Give In.

I Had A Wonderful Teacher About Animal Behavior - My Dog Rusty. He Taught Me That Animals Have Personalities, Minds, And Feelings.

So Long As We Continued To Attach More Importance To Our Own Narrow Group Membership Than To The 'global Village' We Would Propagate Prejudice And Ignorance. There Was Absolutely No Harm In Being Part Of A Small Group - Indeed, With Our Hunter-gatherer Band Mentality It Gave Comfort, Provided Us With An Inner Circle Of Friends Who Could Be Utterly Trusted, Who Were Absolutely Reliable. It Helped Give Us Peace Of Mind. The Danger Came Only From Drawing That Sharp Line, Digging That Ditch, Laying That Minefield, Between Our Own Group And Any Other Group That Thought Differently.

The Tree I Had In The Garden As A Child, My Beech Tree, I Used To Climb Up There And Spend Hours. I Took My Homework Up There, My Books, I Went Up There If I Was Sad, And It Just Felt Very Good To Be Up There Among The Green Leaves And The Birds And The Sky.

I Think We Must Cling To The Hope That We Can See In The Great Heroism, The Bravery Of The Firemen And Policemen, And The Outpouring Of Caring And Concern That Has Come Pouring In From Around The World.