Quotes about Wildlife

Rabbits have white tails in order that it be easy for us to shoot them.

During the night two porpoises came around the boat and he could hear them rolling and blowing. He could tell the difference between the blowing noise the male made and the sighing blow of the female. 'They are good,' he said. 'They play and make jokes and love one another. They are our brothers like the flying fish.

Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly.

In the snowstorm you came close to wild animals and they were not afraid. They travelled across country not knowing where they were and the deer stood sometimes in the lee of the cabin. In a snowstorm you rode up to a moose and he mistook your horse for another moose and trotted forward to meet you. In a snowstorm it always seemed, for a time, as though there were no enemies.

Man is not much beside the great birds and beasts. Still I would rather be that beast down there in the darkness of the sea.

A great white jumped into my cage when I was diving in South Africa. Half its body was in the cage, and it was snapping at me.

Hunting forces a person to endure, to master themselves, even to truly get to know the wild environment. Actually, along the way, hunting and fishing makes you fall in love with the natural world. This is why hunters so often give back by contributing to conservation.

But I was not a mouse. In the fields where I walked, I was much more interested in the actions of the hawks.

Discover wildlife: be a teacher!

Monkey in the tree,Lion on the ground.Monkey kept on signifyingBut he didn't come down.

Save a tree. Eat a beaver.

If you need more than 10 rounds to hunt, and some argue they hunt with that many rounds, you shouldn't be hunting. If you can't get the deer in 3 shots, you shouldn't be hunting. You are an embarrassment.