“I discovered that our clan included loads of cousins and uncles and aunts and animals of every shape. I was taught that chaos and competition were family values. And I learned that we all loved the sea. Somehow, the sea was about us-our past, our exuberance, our frailty, our longing.” PastValuesAnimalSeaTaughtShapesLongingCompetitionChaosLoadOur PastUnclesCousinAuntFrailtyFamily ValuesClansExuberance Author:Timothy Shriver
“Anybody who has ever owned a dog who barked when strangers came near its owner's property has experienced the essential continuity between animal territoriality and human property. Our domesticated cousins of the wolf know, instinctively, that property is no mere social convention or game, but a critically important evolved mechanism for the avoidance of violence. (This makes them smarter than a good many human political theorists.)” HumansPoliticalAnimalDogEssentialsPropertyStrangerOwnersGood ManSmarterCousinContinuityTheorists Author:Eric S. Raymond
“Zoo animals are ambassadors for their cousins in the wild.” AnimalCousinAmbassadorsZoosMy CousinZookeepers Author:Jack Hanna
“We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.” IfsHumansAbleFormHumanityAnimalDoubtRightsCreationDevilAbuseTreatedCrueltyVegetarianVeganAnimal RightsFeathersCousinVegetarianismFurAnimal WelfareAnimal CrueltyAnimal LoveEnslavementVegetarian HealthHuman AnimalAnimal WorldHumans And AnimalsAnimal LifeHuman FormAnimal EthicsAnimal AbuseAnimal KingdomVegan HealthAnimal TestingHuman CrueltyWildlife AnimalsAbused Animals Author:William Ralph Inge
“Humans cannot produce viable offspring with our closest animal cousin: the chimpanzee. We cannot impregnate a chimp. So you know what that means? No condoms.” KnowsHumansMeanAnimalProduceClosestCousinOffspringCondomChimpanzees Author:Chris Hardwick