"When I was a little girl, I used to pretend I was Tarzan. I would climb trees and talk to the animals."

"I'm just a voice for the voiceless."

"We need to listen to the voices of the natural world, and learn from them."

"My life's work has been to try and help people understand that animals are not just things."

"We are at a crossroads, and we have to choose between a path of destruction and a path of hope."