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"Convergent evidence indicates that non-human
animals have the neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and neurophysiological
substrates of conscious states along with the capacity to exhibit intentional
behaviors.
Consequently, the weight of evidence indicates that humans
are not unique in possessing the neurological substrates that generate
consciousness.
Non-human animals, all mammals and birds, and many other
creatures, including octopuses, also possess these neurological
substrates."
The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness
"Play
is by no means exclusively human, a fact obvious to
anyone who has ever raised a dog or a
cat.
And it is not just domestic animals that exhibit playfulness but
wild ones too - hence the phrase, "monkeying around."-
Charles
Eisenstein
"Multiple generations of children have been
successfully raised to adulthood in our foothills among the bears, rattlesnakes
and mountain lions.
Newer residents' fears that their offspring will be
mauled and mutilated tell us more about their lack of real-life living skills
than the dangers of wildlife.
These maladapted, fearful folks should've
stayed down in the sterile, low-risk, boringly safe
environment of the
flatlands where they obviously belong." - Ellen Zunino
"The reduction of any issue as
one of people versus animals belies the irrational assumption that to be a
person is to be in opposition
to nature.
Isn't this symptomatic
of the debased relationship to the Earth that has led to
global warming?
Not to mention
the absurdity of destroying
nature to enjoy an "artificial"
nature purged of its inhabitants." - Namita Goswami
"Humans can take some steps to mitigate the
effects of climate change on our own
species, but we can do little to help other species and their habitats adapt.
To an increasing degree, invasive species will take
root,
fires will burn, subtle changes
will overtake environments
across the globe, and all manner of species will be pushed out of their
native habitats - often with nowhere else to go." -
Ginette Chapman
I think I could turn and live with animals,
they are so placid and self-contain'd,
I stand and look at them
long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the
dark and weep for their sins ,
They do not make me sick discussing
their duty to God,
Not one is dissatisfied,
not one is demented with the mania of
owning things,
Not
one kneels to another,
nor to his kind that lived thousands of years
ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole
Earth.
Walt Whitman
"Every 20 minutes we lose an animal species.
If this rate continues, by century's end, 50% of all living species
will be gone." - Jeff Corwin
"The accumulated damage humanity has wrought over
the last few thousand years is enough to cause the sixth great extinction along
with demise of billions of people in the 21st century due to
war, famine, and epidemic.
If we
continue to deplete our social, spiritual, and natural capital in a desperate
gambit to control the
consequences of control with yet more control, then the eventual payback
will be even worse." -
Charles
Eisenstein
land animal
water
animal
air animal
animals recently
exterminated
* Aardvarks * * African Clawed
Frog * African
Elephants * African Grey Parrots *
African Wild
Dog * *
Albatross *
Alligators *
Amazon River
Dolphin * American Black
Duck * Anacondas * Andean Condors * Anemones *
Angelfish *
Antelopes *
Antlions *
Apes *
Arctic Puffin *
*
Arctic Terns *
Armadillos *
Arowana *
Asian Elephants
* *
Atlantic White-Sided
Dolphins * * * Australian Brush-Turkey *
Australian Fur
Seal * Avocets * Axolotls *
*
Babirusa *
Baboons *
*
Badgers *
Baiji Dolphin *
*
Bald Eagles *
Baleen Whales *
*
Ball
Pythons * Bandicoots * Barbets * Barn Owls *
Bass *
Bats *
Bearded Dragons
* Bears *
Beavers *
Bees *
Bellbirds *
Beluga Whales *
Bengal Tigers *
*
Greater Bilbies
* Black Bears *
*
Black Howler
Monkeys * Black-Bellied
PloverBlack
Turnstone * * Blue
Crabs * Bluebirds * * Boas *
Bobcats *
Bogong Moth *
Bonobos *
Boobies *
Bottlenose
Dolphins * Bottlenose Whales * Bowhead Whales *
Brine Shrimp *
Broad-Winged
Hawks * Brown
Pelicans * Bryde's Whale * Buffalo * Burrowing
Owls * *
Butterflies * Button Quail * * * * California Quail * California Red-Legged
Frog * California Sea Lion * Camels *
Canada Goose *
Canaries *
Cane Toads *
*
Capuchin
Monkeys * Capybaras * * Caribou * * Carpenter Bees * * Cassowary *
Catfish *
Cats *
Centipedes *
Chatham Island
Taiko * Cheetahs * * Chickens * Chimpanzees * Chinchillas * Chinese Mitten Crabs *
Chipmunks *
Cicadas *
Cichlid Fishes*
Civet Cats*
Clownfish *
Cnidarians *
Cobras *
Cockatiels *
Cockatoos *
Coelacanth *
Colossal Squids
* Common
Dolphins * Condors * Cooper's Hawks *
Copepods *
Copperheads
* Corals *
*
Cougars *
Cowbirds *
Cows *
Coyotes *
Crabs *
Cranes *
Crayfish *
Crickets *
Crocodiles *
Crows *
Crown-of-Thorns
Starfish * Crustaceans * Cuscus * Daddy-Long-Legs Spiders * *
Dama Gazelle *
Deer *
Degus *
Desert Tortoise
* Dik-Diks *
Dingoes *
Discus *
*
Dogs *
Dolphins *
Donkeys *
Dorkings *
Dragonflies *
Damselflies *
Ducks *
Dung Beetles *
Dusky Dolphins
* Eagles *
Earthworms *
Eastern Cougar
* *
Eastern Mole *
Echidna *
Echinoderms *
Egrets *
Elephant Seal *
Elephant Shrews
* Elephants *
Elk *
Emperor
Penguins * Ermine * * Fainting Goats * Falcons *
*
Ferrets *
Fiddler Crabs *
Finches *
Fire Bellied
Toads * Fireflies * Fishing Cats * * Flamingos * *
Florida Panther
* *
Flower Horn
Fish * Flying
Fish * Flying
Foxes * Foxes * Fraser's Dolphins * Frogs *
*
Fur Seals *
Galagos *
Gambian Pouched
Rats * Ganges
River Dolphin * Gazelles * Geckos * Geese * Gerenuks * * Giant Panda * Giant Salamanders * Giant Squids *
Gibbons *
Gila Monsters *
Giraffes *
Goats *
* * Golden Eagles * Goldfish * Gorillas * *
Grasshoppers *
Gray Whales *
Great Blue
Herons * *
Great Egrets *
Great White
Shark * Greater
Kudus * Green
Crabs * Green
Tree Pythons * Green-Winged Teal *
Grey Seal *
Grizzly Bear *
Groundhogs *
Grunion *
Guanacos *
*
Guinea Pigs *
*
Hammerhead
Sharks * Harbor
Porpoise * Harbor Seal * Harp Seal * Harpy Eagles * Hartebeest * Harvestmen * * * Hawaiian Monk Seal * Hawks *
Hedgehogs *
Hermit Crabs *
Hermit Trush *
Herons *
Hihi *Hippopotamuses *
Honeycreepers *
*
Horned Puffin *
Horses *
Horseshoe Crabs
* Howler
Monkeys * Human * Hummingbirds * Humpback Whales * Hydroids *
Hyenas *
Iguanas *
Impalas *
Inyo California Towhee *
Irukandji
Jellyfish * Isopods * Ivory-Billed
Woodpecker * Jaguars * * Jellyfish * Jerusalem Crickets * Jumping Spiders *
Kakapo *
Kokako *Kangaroos * Kermode Bear * Kestrels * Killdeer * Orcas * Killifish * Kingfishers * Kiwis * Koalas * Koi * Komodo Dragons * * Krill * Ladybugs * Lamprey * * * * Least Weasel * Lesser
Prairie-Chicken * Lemmings * Lemurs * Leopard Geckos * Leopard Seal *
Leopard Shark *
Leopards *
Lions *
Lizards *
Llamas *
Lobsters *
Loons *
Lorises *
Lungfish *
Lynxes *
Madagascar Hissing
Cockroaches * Mako Shark * Manatees * Mandrills * Mangabeys * Manta Ray * Mantella Frogs * Marbled
Salamanders * Marmosets * Marmots * Marsupial Moles *
* *
Mayflies *
*
McCown's Longspur * Meerkats *
Mice *
Millipedes *
Miniature
Donkeys * Mink * Minke Whales *
Mockingbird * Mole Salamanders * Moles *
Mollusks *
Monarch
Butterflies * Mongoose * Monitor Lizards * Monk Seal *
Monkeys *
Moose *
Mosquitoes *
Moths * Mountain Pine Beetle * *
Mules *
Mute Swans *
Naked Mole-Rats
* Narwhals *
Nematodes *
*
New Guinea Singing
Dog *
* Newts *
*
*
Northern
Cardinals * Northern Fur Seal * Northern
Gannet * Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat *
Northern Right
Whale * * * Nutria *
Ocelots *
Octopuses *
Opossums *
*
Orangutans *
Orioles *
Oryxes *
Ospreys *
Ostracod *
Ostriches *
Otters *
Owls *
Oystercatchers
* Pallas' Cat *
Parakeets *
Parrots *
*
Peafowl *
Pelicans *
Penguins *
Peregrine
Falcons * Pheasants * Philippine Eagles * Pigeons *
Pigs *
Platypus *
Pine Marten *
Piranha *
Poison Dart
Frogs * Polar
Bear * Porcupines * Porpoises * Potbellied Pigs * Pottos *
Prairie Dogs *
Praying Mantids
* Primates *
Proboscis
Monkeys * Prosimians * Puffer * Pupfish * Purple Martins *
Pygmy
Hippopotamus * Pygmy Right Whale * Pygmy Sperm Whale
* Pyrenean Ibex * Pythons *
*
Quokkas *
Quolls *
Rabbits *
Raccoons *
Rainbow
Lorikeets * Raptors * Rats *
Rattlesnakes *
Rays *
Recluse Spiders
* Red-Breasted Merganser *
Red Kangaroos *
Red Pandas *
Red Tail Boas *
Red-Eyed Tree
Frog * Red-Tailed Hawks * Reindeer * Reptiles * Reticulated Pythons * Rhinoceroses *
Right Whales *
Ringed Seal *
Roadrunners *
Rodents *
Roseate
Spoonbills * Rosy Boas * Saiga Antelope * Salamanders *
Salmon *
*
* * Sawfish * Scarlet Ibis *
*
Scorpions * Screech Owls *Sea Slugs * Sea Spiders * Sea Turtles * Sea Urchins * Sea-Monkeys * Seadragon * Seahorse * Sharks * Sheep * Shining Cuckoo * Shrimp *
Siamese Fighting
Fish * Siberian
Tigers * Silkworm Moth * Silky Shark * * Skinks * Skunks * Sloth Bear * Snakes * * Snow Geese *
Snow Leopards *
Snow Monkeys *
Snowy Egrets *
Snowy Owls *
Solenodons *
Sparrows *
*
Spectacled Bear
* * Southern California Kit
Fox * Sperm
Whales * Spider
Crabs * Spider
Monkeys * Spiders * Spinner Dolphins *
Spiny Anteater
* Spiny Dogfish
Shark * Sponges * Spoonbills *
Spotted
Dolphins * Squids * Squirrels * Starfish * Star-Nosed Mole * Steller Sea Lion *
Steller's Sea
Eagle * Stick
Insects * Storks * Striped Dolphins * Sugar Gliders *
Sun Bear *
Swans *
Swordfish *
Tahrs *
Takahe *
Takin *
Tapirs *
Tarantulas *
*
Tasmanian
Devils *
* Tayras *
Tegus *
Termites *
Terns *
*
Thresher Shark
* Ticks*
Tïeke *
Tiger
Salamanders * Tiger Shark * Tiger Snake * Tigers * Toads * Toothed Whales * Toothfish *
Topis *
Toucans *
Tree Frogs *
Trout *
Trumpeter Swans
* Tuataras *
Tufted Puffin *
Tuna *
Tundra Swans *
Turtles *
Terrapins *
Uromastyx *
Vampire Bats *
Vesper Sparrow * *
Vervet Monkeys
* Vicunas *
Vultures *
Wallabies *
Walruses *
Wasps *
Water Buffalo * Water Dragons * Waterbucks * Weasels * Weka *
*
Western Meadowlarks *
*
Whale Shark *
Whales *
White Pelican *
Whooping Cranes
* Widow Spiders
* Wildebeest *
*
Wobbegong Shark
* Wolf Spiders
* * Wolverines * Wolves * Wombats * Wood Storks *
Woodpeckers *
Worms *
Yaks *
Zebra Finches *
Zebrafish *
Zebras *
*
Zorilla
*
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