T?? vi??? c??t???? ? m?m?nt ?? li????ti?n—? ??w????l s?m??l ?? ??????m ?n? l?v? t??t ??s?n?t?? wit? milli?ns ?? vi?w??s ????n? t?? w??l?. It ???ict?? ? ???, w?? ??? s??nt ??? ?nti?? li?? ???n? ?? ? ???v? c??in, ?in?ll? ????kin? ???? ?n? ?m???cin? ? n?w c???t?? ?ill?? wit? ???? ?n? ????in?ss.
T?? ???t??? s??wc?s?? t?? ???’s j???n?? ???m ? li?? ?? c?n?in?m?nt t? ? li?? ?? ???n?l?ss ??ssi?iliti?s. It c??t???? t?? ??w ?m?ti?ns ?? li????ti?n, ?s s?? j????ll? ?x?l???? ??? n?w???n? ??????m, ??? t?il w???in? wit? ?n??st??in?? ??li??t. T?? w?i??t ?? t?? c??in t??t ??? ??l? ??? c??tiv? ??? s? l?n? w?s ???l?c?? ?? ? s?ns? ?? li????ti?n ?n? ?n ??t????in? ?? l?v?.
As t?? vi??? s????? ?c??ss s?ci?l m??i? ?l?t???ms, its im??ct w?s ??????n?. It s??v?? ?s ? ??i?n?nt ??min??? ?? t?? c??ntl?ss ?nim?ls w?? ??? k??t in c??ins, ????iv?? ?? t?? ??sic ??????ms ?n? j??s t??t s???l? ?? in????nt t? t??i? ?xist?nc?. T?? ??w????l im????? t??c??? t?? ????ts ?? vi?w??s, ins?i?in? ? c?ll?ctiv? c?ll t? ?cti?n ?n? ? ??n?w?? c?mmitm?nt t? ?n?in? t?? s?????in? ?? ?nim?ls in c??ins.
T?? vi??? ??c?m? ? c?t?l?st ??? c??n??, i?nitin? c?nv??s?ti?ns ?n? ??isin? ?w???n?ss ????t t?? ?li??t ?? ?nim?ls in simil?? sit??ti?ns. P???l? s????? t?? vi??? wit? t??i? n?tw??ks, s???kin? ?isc?ssi?ns, ?n? m??ilizin? ?????ts t? s?????t ?nim?l w?l???? ????niz?ti?ns, ??v?c?t? ??? st?ict?? ????l?ti?ns, ?n? ???m?t? ????ti?n ?n? ??s??nsi?l? ??t ?wn??s?i?.
T?? c?ll?ctiv? ??s??ns? t? t?? vi??? ??m?nst??t?? t?? ??w?? ?? st???t?llin? ?n? t?? ??t?nti?l ??? ?i?it?l m??i? t? c???t? m??nin???l c??n??. It s??v?? ?s ? ??ll?in? c?? ??? c?m??ssi?n ?n? ? ??min??? t??t ?v??? li??, ??????l?ss ?? s??ci?s, ??s??v?s t? ?? t???t?? wit? kin?n?ss ?n? ??s??ct.
T?????? t?? vi???, t?? ???’s st??? ??c?m? ? ???c?n ?? ????, ins?i?in? c??ntl?ss in?ivi???ls t? t?k? ?cti?n in t??i? ?wn c?mm?niti?s. F??m ????tin? ??sc?? ?nim?ls t? v?l?nt???in? ?t s??lt??s, ????l? w??? m?v?? t? m?k? ? ?i?????nc?, kn?wіп? t??t ??c? sm?ll ?ct ?? l?v? ?n? c?m??ssi?n c??l? ??l? s?v? liv?s ?n? ??in? j?? t? t??s? w?? ??? s???????.
T?? vi???’s im??ct ?xt?n??? ??? ????n? its initi?l vi?w??s?i?. It s???k?? ? ?l???l m?v?m?nt, ??n???tin? ??n?s ??? ?nim?l ??sc?? ????niz?ti?ns, ?n??lin? t??m t? ??sc?? ?n? ?????ilit?t? ?nim?ls in n???. It ?ls? in?l??nc?? l??isl?tiv? c??n??s, ?s l?wm?k??s ??c??niz?? t?? n??? ??? st??n??? ???t?cti?ns ?n? ????l?ti?ns t? ???v?nt t?? c??inin? ?n? mist???tm?nt ?? ?nim?ls.
Ultim?t?l?, t?? vi??? s??v?? ?s ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??w?? ?? l?v? ?n? t?? ??sili?nc? ?? t?? s?i?it. It ??min??? ?s ?? t?? t??ns???m?tiv? im??ct t??t ?n? ?ct ?? kin?n?ss c?n ??v?, n?t ?nl? ?n ?n in?ivi???l li?? ??t ?ls? ?n t?? c?ll?ctiv? c?nsci??sn?ss ?? s?ci?t?.
M?? t?is vi??? c?ntin?? t? ?? s????? ?n? c???is???, ??min?in? ?s ?? t?? im???t?nc? ?? c?m??ssi?n, ?m??t??, ?n? t?? ?nw?v??in? ??li?? t??t ?v??? c???t??? ??s??v?s ? li?? ???? ???m c??ins ?n? ?ill?? wit? l?v?. L?t it ins?i?? ?s t? ?? t?? v?ic? ??? t?? v?ic?l?ss ?n? t? st?iv? ??? ? w??l? w???? ?ll ??in?s c?n ?x???i?nc? t?? ??????m ?n? j?? t??? ??s??v?.