Inspiring quote and poem on animals

Living with animals can be a wonderful experience,
especially if we choose to learn the valuable lessons
animals teach through their natural enthusiasm, grace,
resourcefulness, affection and forgiveness.
Richard H. Pitcairn,




And in that hour,
The seeds of cruelty, that since have swell'd
To such gigantic and enormous growth,
Were sown in human nature's fruitful soil.
Hence date the persecution and the pain
That man inflicts on all inferior kinds,
Regardless of their plaints.
William Cowper, The Winter Walk at Noon