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> [“Naysayers at their polite best chided the rewilders for romanticizing the past; at their sniping worst, for tempting a 'Jurassic Park' disaster. To these the rewilders quietly voiced a sad and stinging reply. The most dangerous experiment is already underway.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-stolzenburg/naysayers-at-their-polite-best-chided-the-rewilders-for-romanticizing/)

[William Stolzenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-stolzenburg/)

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## More by William Stolzenburg

> [“Animals are not always struggling for existence, but when they do begin, they spend the greater part of their lives eating … Food is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-stolzenburg/animals-are-not-always-struggling-for-existence-but-when-they-do/)

[William Stolzenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-stolzenburg/)

> [“It is a maxim among carnivore biologists that the main reason big predators now die is because people kill them. People run them over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-stolzenburg/it-is-a-maxim-among-carnivore-biologists-that-the-main-reason-big/)

[William Stolzenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-stolzenburg/)

> [“One never sleepwalks through grizzlyland, dreaming of other places to be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-stolzenburg/one-never-sleepwalks-through-grizzlyland-dreaming-of-other-places-to/)

[William Stolzenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-stolzenburg/)

> [“It was simple enough: Plants eat sunlight, herbivores eat plants, carnivores eat herbivores, “and so on,” he wrote, “until we reach an animal which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-stolzenburg/it-was-simple-enough-plants-eat-sunlight-herbivores-eat-plants/)

[William Stolzenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-stolzenburg/)

> [“It is the phenomenon made known by the marine biologist Daniel Pauly as the shifting-baseline syndrome. The world as first seen by the child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-stolzenburg/it-is-the-phenomenon-made-known-by-the-marine-biologist-daniel-pauly/)

[William Stolzenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-stolzenburg/)

> [“In conquering the fearsome beasts, the conquerors had unwittingly orphaned themselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-stolzenburg/in-conquering-the-fearsome-beasts-the-conquerors-had-unwittingly/)

[William Stolzenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-stolzenburg/)

> [“In the hurtling pronghorn, the vanished predators have left behind a heartrending spectacle. Through the smoking displays of wild abandon runs a desperate spirit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-stolzenburg/in-the-hurtling-pronghorn-the-vanished-predators-have-left-behind-a/)

[William Stolzenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-stolzenburg/)

> [“Naysayers at their polite best chided the rewilders for romanticizing the past; at their sniping worst, for tempting a 'Jurassic Park' disaster. To these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-stolzenburg/naysayers-at-their-polite-best-chided-the-rewilders-for-romanticizing/)

[William Stolzenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-stolzenburg/)

> [“The world as first seen by the child becomes his lifelong standard of excellence, mindless of the fact he is admiring the ruins of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-stolzenburg/the-world-as-first-seen-by-the-child-becomes-his-lifelong-standard-of/)

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