Quotes About Conservation

Perhaps animals are smarter than men, he thought, taking only what they need to live today leaving something for tomorrow.

We shall never understand the natural environment until we see it as a living organism. Today you can murder land for private profit. You can leave the corpse for all to see and nobody calls the cops.

The first rule to tinkering is to save all the parts.

It's time to end the cruel slaughter of whales and leave these magnificent creatures alone.

Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game.

the total number of dams that alter the Mississippi River watershed is in excess of 50,000.

Lions have a special place in Kenyans' livelihood and conservation efforts. Other than being the symbol for national strength, they are among the Big Five, a major attraction for visitors to Kenya. The trend of lion population decline is disturbing and every effort needs to be made to ensure that Kenya either stabilises its population at the current population of 2,000 lions or increases the numbers to an ecologically acceptable level.

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

To slaughter grand and beautiful creatures like these tuskers, whether terrestrial or marine, solely to obtain a few teeth indicates that we have not evolved very much since the days our forebears lived in caves and saught to prove their superiority by adorning themselves with teeth and claws

We have already exterminated 90% of the fish. The fish population is 90% smaller than it was before we began to wage war on the oceans. (p. 209)

We all speak different languages but we all speak the same language of saving carbon and saving our planet

From a corner shop to an office block and every building in between. These are the areas we need to focus energy management on

If you can't save the forest, plant a tree. - Mr. Morrison, Humane Society volunteer

Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.

Hunting, works for conservation like slavery works for economic growth. A guaranteed but morally awful way to achieve a goal.