Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Quotes

The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them.

Whether exotic wild animals have escaped or the owners have let them go, the problem is still there…. The damage has already been done.

When we became sedentary, lived indoors, and started to raise livestock, we began to see wolves not as occasional fur-bearers or fellow hunters but as robbers.

For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins sledding downhill to sea on their bellies, giant pandas holding bamboo lollipops in China or tree porcupines in the Canadian Rockies, balled up like giant pine cones.

I had a very famous trainer tell me once, 'You can usually train a wild animal but never tame a wild animal, ever.' They are always going to be wild, no matter what anybody says.

With kangaroos, you say 'Sit!' and they start boxing with you. They're nuts!

I'm not sure why I like cats so much. I mean, they're really cute obviously. They are both wild and domestic at the same time.

My field is with apex predators, hence your crocodiles, your snakes, your spiders.

Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.

My neighbors are crocodiles and tigers and giraffes.

Any time you're near a kangaroo, it's a close call.

They are the most fascinating, intelligent, resourceful, adaptable animals I have ever seen. Grizzlies are a real symbol of true wildness.

Many years ago, large packs of wolves roamed the countryside in Ukraine, making travel in that part of the world very dangerous. These wolf packs were fearless. They were not intimidated by people nor by any of the weapons available at that time. The only thing that seemed to frighten them was fire.

Wild animals would not stay in a country where there were so many people. Pa did not like to stay, either. He liked a country where the wild animals lived without being afraid.

'Born Free' was the first film I ever saw. I just fell in love with the idea of people having that bond with a wild animal.

We all love the environment, but … a rat is a rat.

No more wolves, wilderness or welfare.

The crown jewel of our national park system has been transformed into a hunting ground for these predators. It's just a matter of time before one of these snakes gets to a visitor.

I have made my home among the mountain gorillas.

I once did a film in which I was being chased by wolves. I had a scene where the Alpha of the pack leapt on the hood of my car and stared me down through the windshield. I will never forget staring into those eyes; this wasn't a dog - not even a tough, bad-ass dog - no, this was a wolf.

I want to be a Tiger.

Any observer is an intruder in the domain of a wild animal and must remember that the rights of that animal supersede human interests. An observer must also keep in mind that an animal's memories of one day's contact might well be reflected in the following day's behavior.

I feed foxes. I'm not supposed to, but I love it.

Kangaroos are crazy and can do all sorts of terrible things.

We may never find a way to live in suburbia with deer as we do with raccoons, say, or squirrels. So for this reason, it's very important that we make sure always to save enough wild or open land so that they can live in their normal manner.