Prince Philip Quotes

Heartless though it may seem to some, among the least harmful things to eat are sustainably culled wild animals. In the absence of natural predators, deer populations in parts of Britain have reached such dense numbers that the woodlands they browse fail to regenerate.

Even if one tree falls down it wouldn't affect the entire forest.

There is no good scientific reason to bring back an extinct species. Why would one bring them back? To put them in a theme park?

So, my tactic with conservation of apex predators is to get people excited and take them to where they live.

A peculiar virtue in wildlife ethics is that the hunter ordinarily has no gallery to applaud or disapprove of his conduct. Whatever his acts, they are dictated by his own conscience, rather than that of onlookers. It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of this fact..

Everybody deserves a chance to be in nature.

True conservation means protecting the entire habitat.

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

The Endangered Species Act was designed to preserve biodiversity, not enrich trial lawyers and political activists.

People need to look at wildlife conservation in its totality. As soon as you lose the apex predator, it has harmful consequences right down the food chain.

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

I don't hunt big African game anymore.

The truth is that some of Mississippi's greatest advocates for conservation and habitat protection are the sportsmen and hunters. Our state's beautiful and abundant natural lands are enhanced, protected and paid for in large part by those who enjoy hunting.

Hunting is alive and well, and so it should be.

Love the woods and nature and the water and animals. Stop the BS with poaching and hunting. Preservation is critical.

Argentina has the best bird shooting in the world.

I am a conservationist. It is in my DNA.

Fortunately, nature is as generous with its problems as Nobel with his fortune. The more we know, the more aware we are of what we know not.

Yeah, I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling.

Habitats keep evolving new pageants of species, and we shouldn't interfere.

The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters... and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.

I weren't an actor, I'd be a wildlife biologist or forest ranger.

As a nation, we owe a great deal to the National Audubon Society, one of our most distinguished and important environmental organizations, and all those who work to protect America's open land and waterways.

Every time you lose an animal, it's like losing a brick from the house. Pretty soon the house just falls down, you know?

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