Bonding Quote by Christopher Hitchens

We can learn a great deal from whales. It is the same lesson we can learn from our close genetic relatives, the bonobo apes…

— Riane Eisler

“Researchers who separated primate mothers and infants experimentally, observed that the loss of contact was devastating and the ill effects could last through generations.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

The more we come in contact with animals and observe their behaviour, the more we love them, for we see how great is their…

— Immanuel Kant

It's the bond between mother and child, which is really for us and for chimps and other primates, the root of all the expressions…

— Jane Goodall

Every animal has his or her story, his or her thoughts, daydreams, and interests. All feel joy and love, pain and fear, as we…

— Ingrid Newkirk

Some animals are more caring than some human.

— Young Siddiq Prince

In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults.

— Jessamyn West

“I think he overlook a phase: that empathy stage in our lives when we may begin to see even the commonest animals on their…

— Matthew Scully

Once we ask why it should be that all human beings - including infants, the intellectually disabled, criminal psychopaths, Hitler, Stalin, and the rest…

— Peter Singer

How we take care of our animals is a very good indicator of how we are doing as a society. It is symbolic of…

— Ken Howard

Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children.

— Michael Morpurgo

As a social primate species, we modulate our morals with signals from family, friends and social groups with whom we identify because in our…

— Michael Shermer