Jane Goodall's plea for wild animals amid Covid-19

Brut America

"I hope and pray that the nightmare will soon be over. I also hope and pray that the nightmare may end for the wild animals who are captured"–Jane Goodall

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00:00My heart is with all who are sick, all who have lost loved ones.

00:04I just hope and pray that the nightmare will soon be over.

00:09I also hope and pray that the nightmare may end

00:13for the wild animals who are captured and kept in horrible conditions

00:18for food, or because some people believe that various animal parts can be used to

00:24cure diseases or give people strength and virility,

00:29because animals, bears, pangolins, civets, bats, rhinos and so on,

00:36they all have feelings just like us. Like us they suffer pain, like us they know

00:43fear, loneliness and despair. All over the world we've been destroying

00:49the places where animals live in order to get materials to build our

00:54homes, our cities and to make our own lives

00:57more comfortable. And as a result we've brought the

01:01climate crisis on ourselves. Many species of animals and plants have

01:06become extinct and our too close relationship with wild

01:10animals in the markets, or when we use them for entertainment, has

01:15unleashed the terror and misery of new viruses. Viruses that exist in

01:21animals without harming them, but mutate into other forms to infect us

01:26with new diseases, like Ebola, SARS, MERS

01:31and now the coronavirus. We have amazing brains,

01:36we're capable of love and compassion for each other.

01:39Let us also show love and compassion for the animals

01:43who are with us on this planet. Let us all live in

01:47peace and harmony together. Thank you.

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