Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.

Michael J. Fox
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  1. Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened. - Anatole France

  2. Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day. It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become... - John Grogan

  3. If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. - James Herriot

  4. Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to. - Alfred A. Montapert

  5. Holding this soft, small living creature in my lap this way, though, and seeing how it slept with complete trust in me, I felt a warm rush in my chest. I put my hand on the cat's chest and felt his heart beating. The pulse... - Haruki Murakami

More Quotes By Michael J. Fox
  1. My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.

  2. What other people think of me is not my business.

  3. Listening to people espouse beliefs different from mine is informative, not threatening, because the only thing that can alter my worldview is a new and undeniable truth, and contrary to what Jack Nicholson says in 'A Few Good Men', "I CAN handle the truth.

  4. When life takes away, something of greater value is always given in return.

  5. The purpose that you wish to find in life, like a cure you seek, is not going to fall from the sky....I believe purpose is something for which one is responsible; it's not just divinely assigned.

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