There arc infinite numbers of topics we may choose to study during our lives. But in this world, which is increasingly a world of inanimate machines and mechanistic processes, it is absolutely still the most important subject to learn about the values of life itself, the gift which is most precious of all, which is never to be taken for granted. From the Buddhist perspective, we have a deep appreciation for the people today, who are working with great motivation and interests for the cause of life protection, particularly in the field of wildlife conservation and management.
All sentient beings have feeling.
We believe that all sentient beings has been our mother in one of our infinite previous lives. A spontaneous feeling of compassion arise in us on observing all suffering living beings. The first describes an essential quality in that all beings have similar feeling of happiness and suffering. As we need happiness and peace, so do animals. The difference between human beings and animals is intelligence and speech.