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    LaComtesse: Oh! This is where I used to live... I was completely unaware there was an animal sanctuary... more »
    Questioning Everything: I feel for the residents of this area. I also feel for all of the helpless wild and domestic animals that are caught up in these fires. I love my cat... more »
    lilbobbytables: REDACTED FOR POINTLESSNESS move along, nothing to see here more »
    stacyinbean: Does anyone know why they are calling it the 'Station Fire'? more »
    MilointheMeadow: There's a fantastic book out called "Thanking the Monkey" that acknowledges that animal research may need to take place for lack of a better substitut... more »
    colormeroutine: I know a lot of people are going to disagree with me on this, but I find these debates over "whether or not animals are as important as people" to imp... more »
    Marsgaret: I know Jane Goodall, and I have to say she radiates some kind of energy that makes you understand sainthood--not church-sanctioned sainthood but the n... more »
    sciencerules: Oh, Jane. You are one of my personal heroes, but I must respectfully disagree. Jezzies, feel free to pile on, but I do animal research. I give mice... more »
    vwbugirl: This is most likely the PMS talking but quite frankly I wish people would go all out or be quiet. Be vegan and save the animals if that is what you ... more »
    andBegorrah: This is why I only conduct my home cosmetics testings on animals that cannot talk or dance and are in no way anthropomorphized or animated. more »
    Penny_Esq: I think those of us who aren't scientists immediately think of Silver Springs, for example. Or the "pit of despair" primates who were used for mental ... more »
    mbprice: Look, not to get all slippery slope here, but I think it's worth thinking about how much we owe to animals. Protecting them from abuse? Sure. Not subj... more »
    s: I participated in Team In Training for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society when I as 17. I asked my aunt for a donation and she refused with a long expl... more »
    Evie Havok: So, everyone brings morality into this issue but when other issues are being discussed everyone just forgets about it or gets offended when its brough... more »
    Yahtzii: I have so much respect for Jane Goodall, but quotations like this just make me feel defeated. I have a dog and a cat, both of whom I love very much, b... more »
  • #snapjudgment

    The Great EscApes

    [Sylmar, California; September 1. Image via Getty]

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  • #quoteunquote

    If I Could Talk To The Animals

    "There's a huge resistance in thinking about animals as having emotions, feelings, by anyone involved in invasive research...whether it's putting animals in cages and experimenting on them, or the meat industry. It's much easier to be nasty."-Jane Goodall [LAT]
  • #rip

    The Lady Was A Champ

    "I can tell you exactly when we knew," says Carole Noon's sister of her love of animals. "When the Tramp got carried to jail... we had to carry her out of the theater." [NY Times]
  • #snapjudgment

    Christmas Primate Loves His Primary Colors

    [Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands. Image via Getty]