Nim Chimpsky and Animal Cruelty

After reading this review of Num Chimpky: The Chimp Who Would be Human this book has moved to the top of my reading list. Essentially Nim was a chimp raised in a human household in a language-learning experiment. The cruelty he suffered due to the hubris of some is depressing. Anyway, even if I had even a little bit of free time I'd love to read this book.

It's pretty saddening to see the level of animal cruelty today and the indifference to this cruelty. In fact, just the other day my girlfriend and I were walking in the park where four jack-asses were putting weight on a turtle's shell, knocking it upside down, etc. I wish there was something that I could have done. Those people should be flogged.