“animals are indeed more ancient, more complex and in many ways more sophisticated than us. They are more perfect because they remain within Nature s fearful symmetry just as Nature intended. They should be respected and revered, but perhaps none more so than the elephant, the world s most emotionally human land mammal.”
“I waited for him to come out. He didn t. I considered going in after him, but knew the fact that I had readied myself to kill him did not mean that he had readied himself to die.”
“One trained dog equals 60 search-and-rescue workers.”
“Daisy didn t just change our lives, she changed our destiny.”
“Results for A man is like a cat; chase him and he ll run; sit still and ignore him and he ll come purring at your feet”
“One of the maxims of the new field of conservation biological control is that to control insect herbivores, you must maintain populations of insect herbivores.”
“Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.”
“I looked at all the caged animals. . . . . . . the cast-offs of human society. I saw in their eyes love and hope, fear and dread, sadness and betrayal. And I was angry. God, I said, this is terrible! Why don t you do something? God was silent for a moment and then He spoke softly. I have done something. . . I created you.”
“God is not only something metaphysical, but also the physical world, the plants and animals, the mountains and rivers, the air and the sun and the earth.”