Montel Williams Quotes

In my perfect world, we would establish perhaps four national zoos of unimpeachable quality and close the rest of them.

I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it.

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.

I am a very good shot. I have hunted for every kind of animal. But I would never kill an animal during mating season.

It's about keeping animals in our environment. They can't be on somebody's purse or shoes or something.

I used to have this little mouse. I buy birds from the pet store and I let them go.

Zoo animals are ambassadors for their cousins in the wild.

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.

People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile.

Since I was a kid, I inherited my dad's love for animals and wildlife, even for the ones we had around the house in the French countryside, a 'smaller' kind of nature. Then, as I grew up, I looked more deeply into the African continent and its wildlife.

I want to do a big donation to the pandas for all the panda lovers out there.

[The taxidermist is] a historian, dealing with an animal's past; the zookeeper is a politician, dealing with an animal's present; and everyone else is a citizen who must decide on that animal's future (...) The indifference of the many, combined with the active hatred of the few, has sealed the fate of animals.

Shelters, conservationists, those concerned about unnecessary cruelty toward the animals we eat, and people working against species extinction fight to preserve the true riches of our planet, our real inheritance. These are big, critical goals.

Making lasting gifts for animals in our estate plans is perhaps the single most important thing we can do to ensure animals have the strongest possible voice for their protection.

Federal legislation is urgently needed to stop this insanity of wild animals in captivity.

I would, therefore, say that for no reason whatsoever, except in self-defence, should one think of killing any animal.

Gorillas are in danger of being wiped out by the Ebola virus. I feel like we have limited time to get to know them and understand them and they're going to disappear - that's terrifically sad. Wouldn't it be great if we could stop that?

I hope SeaWorld is exploring how, like Ringling, it can get out of the wild animal business.

I love zoo sanctuaries.

Take the crocodile, for example, my favorite animal. There are 23 species. Seventeen of those species are rare or endangered. They're on the way out, no matter what anyone does or says, you know.

I think we have a real obligation when we do have animals in captivity to understand their needs and to care for them as well as we can.

I'm going to do as much as I can for the animal world, and I'll never stop.

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

States should pass laws making it illegal to own or trade wild animals; the phony 'educational' permits that many private owners have used to skirt those laws should be eliminated.

Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware that you are not treating them with respect, the viewers are.