Extinction Threat Quotes

Humans regard animals as worthy of protection only when they are on the verge of extinction.

Looking around the world at these wildlife, it's abundantly clear that humans have benefited from nature in so many ways but have also brought many species to the brink of extinction...The American people that I interact with through my IS Foundation work do not want to allow this to happen; they do not want to let these species go without a fight; and they see the way in which nature provides for people around the world.

Wild fish are under threat of extinction because they're hunted to feed us. Yet land animals that we farm are under no threat of extinction. Shifting from hunting fish to farming fish - where the farmers have the incentive to keep their stocks healthy - could do a tremendous amount of good for wild fish.

The snow leopard is absolutely magnificent. It represents really what endangered species are all about.

Our people still need support. Support us through writing your government officials. We are still on the verge of extinction, with continued injustices brought against us.

The threat of extinction is more real than many realise. And the damage done to elephants directly leads to destruction of the ecosystem.

I like to imagine there were more of us in the beginning. Not many, I suppose. But more than there are now.

There are so many issues in our oceans - like the near extinction of blue fin tuna - that should be taken more seriously worldwide.

A widespread taste for pornography means that nature is alerting us to some threat of extinction.

I am defending the Jews to prevent them from becoming extinct, because they are doomed to become extinct if they continue this way.... I am convinced that the solution is to establish a democratic state for the Jews and the Palestinians, a state that will be called Palestine, Isratine, or whatever they want. This is the fundamental solution, or else the Jews will be annihilated in the future, because the Palestinians have [strategic] depth.

It's like the panda, they say that's dying out. But what do they do? When you see them they're just sitting in the jungle eating.

I feel like sometimes we have to be a little less inclusive and tolerant if other people's opinions could lead to the destruction of our species.