Hello this is Jane Goodall and I’d like to send a message to the Chinese people who are suffering so terribly from this outbreak of the Corona virus.
It is truly a terrible time your going through and my heart is with all who are sick, all who have lost loved ones. I just hope and pray that the nightmare will soon be over.
I also hope and pray that the nightmare will end for the wild animals that are captured and kept in horrible conditions for food, or because some people believe that various animal parts can be used to cure diseases or give people strength and virility. Because animals, bears, penguins, bats, rhinos and so on…they all have feelings just like us. Like us they suffer pain, like us they know fear, loneliness and despair.
All over the world we have been destroying places where animals live. In order to get materials to build our homes, our cities to make our own lives more comfortable. And as a result we brought the climate crisis on ourselves.
Many species of animals have become extinct and our too close relationship with wild animals in the markets or when we use them for entertainment has unleashed the terror and misery of new viruses. Viruses that exist in animals without harming them, but mutate into other forms that infect us with new diseases like Ebola, SARS, MERS, and now the Corona Virus.
We have amazing brains capable of love and compassion for each other. Let’s also show love and compassion for the animals who are with us on this planet.
Let us all live in PEACE and HARMONY Together!
Jane Goodall