“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.” — William Stolzenburg Copy Share Image
“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… — William Stolzenburg Copy Share Image
“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… — William Stolzenburg Copy Share Image
“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
