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title: "6 Habitat Destruction Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [So much of the habitat destruction and pollution is based on the simple principle that we somehow have been given free license…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-graffin/so-much-of-the-habitat-destruction-and-pollution-is-based-on-the/)

[Greg Graffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-graffin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/greg-graffin-4107_climate_so-much-of-the-habitat-destruction-and-p_271967.png)

> [“understand that the greatest danger to wildlife was not poaching but habitat destruction—the same thing that ultimately threatened humans.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-d-schwartz/understand-that-the-greatest-danger-to-wildlife-was-not-poaching-but/)

[Judith D. Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-d-schwartz/)

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> [(The processes are) doubly ruinous: they impoverish the earth by hastily removing, for the benefit of a few generations, the common resources…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-mumford/the-processes-are-doubly-ruinous-they-impoverish-the-earth-by-hastily/)

[Lewis Mumford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-mumford/)

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> [I believe our biggest issue is the same biggest issue that the whole world is facing, and that's habitat destruction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-irwin/i-believe-our-biggest-issue-is-the-same-biggest-issue-that-the-whole/)

[Steve Irwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-irwin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9b/steve-irwin-8914_believe_i-believe-our-biggest-issue-is-the-same_2524519.png)

> [Climate change, habitat destruction, extinctions - the Earth has seen it all before, thousands of years ago. And humans may have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tatiana-schlossberg/climate-change-habitat-destruction-extinctions-the-earth-has-seen-it/)

[Tatiana Schlossberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tatiana-schlossberg/)

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> [“The greatest threat to all wild animals is the loss of habitat—the destruction of the areas and resources they need to survive.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-morell/the-greatest-threat-to-all-wild-animals-is-the-loss-of-habitat-the/)

[Virginia Morell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-morell/)

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