Frances Beinecke Quotes

I didn't know much about the Mexican gray wolf before January 2011, when we contributed a flight in our Pilatus PC12 to the effort to re-establish the wolf in the forests of Arizona and New Mexico.

Actually I do support a charity, DefendersofWildLife.org. They help protect endangered species.

Mississippians for the most part appreciate U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service management of our wildlife refuges and other natural resources.

Protecting eagles from the threat of extinction is a conservation success story that we must prudently safeguard for future generations to come.

Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent.

In Yellowstone National Park, there are more 'do not feed the animals' signs than there are animals you might wish to feed.

I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment.

There are 13 Asian countries that still have elephants, and Elephant Family is looking to invest in further projects that will be the most critical for saving elephants while there is still time.

Yellowstone wildlife is treasured. We understand that. We'll manage them in a way that addresses that sensitivity.

Nepal is a magical country and one of the only places in the world where they are winning the fight against illegal poaching.

For almost two centuries, American gray wolves, vilified in fact as well as fiction, were the victims of vicious government extermination programs. By the time the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973, only a few hundred of these once-great predators were left in the lower 48 states.

It does seem like, in the world today, we've moved further and further away from wildlife. There's that sense of whatever you're scared of, you just want it to go away. Here in Australia Zoo, part of our ongoing plan is that re-connection.

To those who have always wondered how they might best serve the wider world, wildlife conservation is, at its core, one of the purest forms of giving.

Preventing ongoing extinction of elephants, rhinoceroses, and other threatened species is critically important. By all means, we must set priorities for allocating finite conservation resources.

The grizzly bears that live in and around Yellowstone make up almost half the population in the lower 48 states, and now those bears are at risk.

I know that Daddy had an important job. He was working to change the world so everyone would love wildlife like he did. He built a hospital to help animals, and he bought lots of land to give animals a safe place to live.

What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act without any enforcement mechanism to ensure their habitat is protected? It is nothing.

In real life, I am trying to save the Steve Irwin wildlife preserve. It's in Australia, up on Cape York, and it's in danger of being strip-mined.

We have a moral responsibility to save wild places like the arctic refuge for future generations, and that is why our country has remained committed to its protection for nearly 50 years.

I don't want Daddy's passion to ever end. I want to help endangered wildlife just like he did.

Unless the local community signs up, wildlife won't survive. And without wildlife, no one will visit.

Animal lover that I am, a cougar I am not.

In Africa, the rangers shoot poachers.

Years ago, it was pretty hard to get people to empathize even a little bit with scaly, cold-blooded critters; now, thanks a lot to good PR from television, it is easier to get the message of reptile conservation and tolerance across. We have a lot to be thankful to reptiles for, not the least of which is their control of rodents.

My job, my mission, what I have been put on this planet for is to save wildlife.