Аннотация:The names of Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison - outstanding researchers of the biosphere and wildlife, true humanists, devotees and active environmentalists - are well known all over the world. Their numerous ecological books and articles, written, as a rule, in a philosophical vein from a serious scientific standpoint and permeated with the pathos of the unity of all forms of life, have been translated into many languages of the world and are very popular. This also applies to Russia, where they also gained fame, especially after the publication of a very bright book, based on rich factual material, "The Metaphysics of Protection". In Russia, this book was perceived by many as the most important manifesto in defense of wildlife and the environment.