The Ten Trusts: What we must do to care for the animals we love.

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The famous scientist who documented the lives of chimpanzees joins an animal behaviorist present ten fundamental principles designed to show readers how to live in harmony with the animal kingdom. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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"A wonderful mix of science and ethics that deserves the widest audience. Goodall and Bekoff are a marvellous team." -- Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation and Ira. W. DeCamp professor of Bioethics, Princeton University

"A powerful paradigm for the twenty-first century. Read it and be part of the healing of our planet!" -- Allen M. Schoen, D.V.M, author of Kindred Spirits: How the Remarkable Bond Between Humans & Animals Can Change the Way We Live

"Ten commandments for the future of advanced life of our planet...these too deserve to be chiseled on stone." -- Huston Smith, author of The World's Religions and Why Religion Matters

"A powerful credo of compassion. May it stand alongside The Earth Charter as a revolutionary text for this century." -- Terry Tempest Williams, author of Leap and Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert

"The Ten Trusts weaves together science, ethics, and vivid storytelling to inspire us. A beautiful and heart-stirring book." -- Brenda Peterson, author of Build Me an Ark: A Life with Animals

"Jane Goodall, with customary good sense and wisdom, reminds us of the tenderness we owe towards all of creation." -- Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Hope, Human and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth

Author Bio

Jane Goodall is one of the world's foremost primatologists and anthropologists.