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"When I think back ... of the serval cat and a baboon that I had as pets in my childhood days−and
that eventually I had to house in large cages−it makes me sad. It makes me
sadder still, however, and also very angry, when I think of the innumerable
adult animals and birds deliberately caught and locked up for the so-called
'pleasure' and 'education' of thoughtless human beings. ... surely there is
today so many first-class films ... that the cruelty of keeping wild creatures
in zoos should no longer be tolerated."
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From L.S.B. Leakey, By the Evidence, Chapter 4.
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... I sought a personal interview with the governor, hoping to
make him appreciate that it was no longer possible to continue along the
lines of the old colonial regime. ... Colonial governors and senior civil
servants are not easy people to argue with; and, of course, I was not
popular, because of my criticism of the colonial service ... Had it been
possible to make the government open its eyes to the realities of the
situation, I believe that the whole miserable episode of what is frequently
spoken of as 'the Mau Mau rebellion' need never have taken
place."
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From L.S.B. Leakey, By the Evidence, Chapter 18.
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"We know from the study of evolution that, again and
again, various branches of animal stock have become over-specialized, and
that over-specialization has led to their extinction. Present-day Homo
sapiens is in many physical respects still very unspecialized− ... But
in one thing man, as we know him today, is over-specialized. His brain power
is very over-specialized compared to the rest of his physical make-up, and it
may well be that this over-specialization will lead, just as surely, to his
extinction. ... if we are to control our future, we must first understand the
past better."
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From L.S.B. Leakey, Adam's Ancestors, fourth edition,
final page.
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