If We Do Not Do

A Book Came Out Recently Written By Scientists And Environmentalists That Made Me So Angry. It Said The Only Thing We Have To Worry About Is Big Industry. Each Individual Who Tries To Make His Or Her Own Environment Better Is Useless. I Find This Criminal, Because Then You Have A Billion People All Saying, It Doesn't Matter What I Do Because I'm Just One Person. But If You Turn That Around And A Billion People Say, What I Do Does Make A Difference, Then It Will Make A Difference.

I Think We Must Cling To The Hope That We Can See In The Great Heroism, The Bravery Of The Firemen And Policemen, And The Outpouring Of Caring And Concern That Has Come Pouring In From Around The World.

So Long As We Continued To Attach More Importance To Our Own Narrow Group Membership Than To The 'global Village' We Would Propagate Prejudice And Ignorance. There Was Absolutely No Harm In Being Part Of A Small Group - Indeed, With Our Hunter-gatherer Band Mentality It Gave Comfort, Provided Us With An Inner Circle Of Friends Who Could Be Utterly Trusted, Who Were Absolutely Reliable. It Helped Give Us Peace Of Mind. The Danger Came Only From Drawing That Sharp Line, Digging That Ditch, Laying That Minefield, Between Our Own Group And Any Other Group That Thought Differently.

Just Remember--if You Are Really And Truly Determined To Work With Animals, Somehow, Either Now Or Later, You Will Find A Way To Do It. But You Have To Want It Desperately, Work Hard, Take Advantage Of An Opportunity--and Never Give Up.

We Can't Leave People In Abject Poverty, So We Need To Raise The Standard Of Living For 80% Of The World's People, While Bringing It Down Considerably For The 20% Who Are Destroying Our Natural Resources.