“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 becomes his lifelong standard of excellence, mindless of the fact he is admiring the ruins of… — William Stolzenburg Copy Share
“Animals are not always struggling for existence, but when they do begin, they spend the greater part of their lives eating … Food is… — William Stolzenburg Copy Share Image
“It is a maxim among carnivore biologists that the main reason big predators now die is because people kill them. People run them over with speeding cars, they shoot them, trap them, gas them, poison them, and torture them. Laws notwithstanding, they kill them out of sheer spite, then bury the evidence—a practice so routine it has become a barstool… — William Stolzenburg Copy Share
“One never sleepwalks through grizzlyland, dreaming of other places to be.” — William Stolzenburg Copy Share Image
“It was simple enough: Plants eat sunlight, herbivores eat plants, carnivores eat herbivores, “and so on,” he wrote, “until we reach an animal which… — William Stolzenburg Copy Share Image
“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 becomes his lifelong standard of excellence, mindless of the fact he is admiring the ruins of his parents. Generation to generation, the natural world decays, the ratchet of perception tightens. Gradually, imperceptibly, big sharks give way… — William Stolzenburg Copy Share
“In conquering the fearsome beasts, the conquerors had unwittingly orphaned themselves.” — William Stolzenburg Copy Share Image
“In the hurtling pronghorn, the vanished predators have left behind a heartrending spectacle. Through the smoking displays of wild abandon runs a desperate spirit,… — William Stolzenburg Copy Share Image
“Naysayers at their polite best chided the rewilders for romanticizing the past; at their sniping worst, for tempting a 'Jurassic Park' disaster. To these… — William Stolzenburg Copy Share Image
“The world as first seen by the child becomes his lifelong standard of excellence, mindless of the fact he is admiring the ruins of… — William Stolzenburg Copy Share Image
