Animal writers

All sorts of philosophers and religious figures are trying to convince their students and followers that animals are nothing more than machines without a soul. But anyone who has ever kept an animal in their home – be it a dog, a cat, a bird, or even a mouse – knows that this theory is a blatant lie, invented in order to justify cruelty. (Peter Singer)

 Sometimes, after a conversation with a person, you want to shake the paw of a dog in a friendly way, smile at a monkey, bow to an elephant. (Maksim Gorky) Animals are more real than people. They don’t want to flatter you, they don’t want to impress you. Nothing showy. What they are, they are, like stones and flowers or like stars in the sky. (Hermann Hesse “Steppenwolf”) You are always responsible for those whom you have tamed. (Antoine de Saint-Exupery “The Little Prince”)