Wilbur Smith Quotes

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

We ought to ban hunting, I suggest, if there isn't a purpose other than sport and fun. That should be against the law. It's time now.

The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels.

We're the only species who hunts for sport.

It's rarely talked about, but hunting for sport is just about as vile as we humans get.

Killing a stag is like killing a child.

Why would you want to go all the way to Africa and shoot a giraffe? I don't think you can eat him. I only shoot stuff I can eat.

Trophy hunters are not Everyman. These world-traveling endangered-species shooters are a far cry from the hunters who spend weekends in the American outback near their suburban or rural homes.

In the 1970s, Safari Club International asked the federal government to approve its import of 1,125 not-yet-killed trophies of 40 endangered species, including gorillas, orangutans and tigers, according to the Humane Society of the United States.

Poached eggs are good, poached animals are not.

I don't want to see crocs end up as boots, bags and belts. We're killing and consuming our wildlife icons.

I think what's going on with gorillas is pretty bad. The fact is that you can buy gorilla meat in London any day you want it.

I shot my first lion at the age of 14 when a pride threatened my father's livestock while he was away on holiday.

I have no use for people who hunt for what they call sport.

The rhino is now more or less extinct, and it's not because of global warming or shrinking habitats. It's because of Beyonce's handbags.

I'm not perfect and I know it. I've done all sorts of things that are frowned upon these days - big-game hunting, fishing. I still enjoy fishing but I don't kill warm-blooded animals any more - I make an exception with birds sometimes.

It's estimated that across Africa 100 elephants are killed for their tusks every day. It takes nothing more than simple math to get to what that adds up to in a year, and it's a distressing figure.

Back when I was restoring art and antiques, finding ivory was very difficult because it's illegal, and the only difference between bone and ivory is that bone is free and not illegal.

I find it abhorrent to see a whale being slaughtered and do nothing but bear witness.

In Africa, the rangers shoot poachers.

We wish to firmly demonstrate to the world our determination to eliminate all forms of illegal trade in ivory. Poachers and illegal trades in ivory must know that their days are numbered.

Yes, I've often been threatened by hunters, by horsemeat butchers, and seal murderers... I am still alive!

I'm not a hunter.

I cannot concur with those who advocate saving gorillas from extinction by killing and capturing more free-living individuals only to exhibit them in confinement.

I saw firsthand the devastating consequences of poaching. I saw elephants with ivory hacked from their faces and the lengths private parks go to protect their precious wildlife.