Page 117 - Devotion Among Animals Revealing the Work of God

o far in this book, we have dealt with animals' compas-
sionate behavior and selfless devotion for their offspring.
But these qualities are not observed only between par-
ents and their offspring. Many animals in nature show great solidar-
ity with one another, and sometimes it is even possible to see such
behavior between different species. In particular, herd animals and
those living as part of a colony have many advantages.
Evolutionists' claim that animals are engaged in a great struggle
for survival, and must compete with one another in order to survive,
is disproved by the lives of herd animals. Except during mating sea-
son, animals mostly do not compete but take advantage of solidarity,
cooperation, devotion and guarding each other's interest.
In reality, evolutionists are aware of this obvious reality, but
choose to try and find ways of integrating it into their theory. To take
one example, the renowned evolutionist Peter Kropotkin has found
many examples of cooperation between animals in research that he
conducted in eastern Siberia and Manchuria. Kropotkin has even
written a book about this, in which he says the following about the
solidarity between animals:
The first thing which strikes us as soon as we begin studying the
struggle for existence under both its aspects—direct and
metaphorical—is the abundance of facts of mutual aid, not only
for rearing progeny, as recognized by most evolutionists, but
also for the safety of the individual, and for providing it with
the necessary food. With many large divisions of the animal
kingdom mutual aid is the rule. Mutual aid is met with even
amidst the lowest animals. 111

Even though Kropotkin is an evolutionist, he contradicts evolu-
tionary theory's basic claim, in the face of the clear evidence he ob-
served. As we will see in the next few pages, solidarity and cooper-
ation between animals, even between species, is essential for their
safety and even nourishment. Order and balance in nature is clear

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