What struck me whenever I visited a farm was how much more sophisticated was the life the animals were capable of living than was assumed by those exploiting them. The more we are willing to see about their lives, the… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
Many people have heard the remarkable example of devotion involving a Skye terrier dog who worked for a Scottish shepherd named Old Jock. In 1858, the day after Jock was buried (with almost nobody present to mourn him except his shaggy dog) in the churchyard at Greyfriars Abbey in Edinburgh, Bobby was found sleeping on his master's grave, where he… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share
“Then in a great crash they threw themselves to the floor, ears flopped down, the whites of their eyes showing, looking the way only… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
The curiosity of cats is, like their affection, of a purity and intensity rarely seen in humans. We would be jaded when faced with… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
We might miss the sign or we may be unable to read the expression, but it is almost a contradiction in terms to say… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
“The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Charles Darwin” — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
“A lion is not a lion if it is only free to eat, to sleep and to copulate. It deserves to be free to… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
“What still frightens me is that society is fickle. There was a time when nobody believed in the reality of abuse, and now it seems that just about everyone does, and yet, I realize we could still move backwards. It is important to stay firm: It took many years for the truth about sexual abuse to come to the fore.… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share
“Voltaire responded that, on the contrary, vivisection showed that the dog has the same organes de sentiment that a human has. "Answer me, you… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
Every time I told my cocker spaniel, Taffy, my very first dog, that we were going for a walk, she would launch into a… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
Perhaps one central reason for loving dogs is that they take us away from this obsession with ourselves. When our thoughts start to go… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
