“By the time Lyall set foot on the shores of Stephens Island, almost a third of New Zealand’s unique species were already extinct due to Maori and European settlement, the habitats they destroyed, and the mammalian predators they brought with… — Peter P. Marra Copy Share Image
“If current trends are not reversed, it is expected that at least one of New Zealand’s five kiwi species will go extinct within the next fifty years.” — Peter P. Marra Copy Share Image
“Certain bird species—herons, terns and ibises, for example—mesmerized Roosevelt. As president he insisted that killing one of these Florida exotics was a federal crime.”5” — Peter P. Marra Copy Share Image
“Few problems are less recognized, but more important than, the accelerating disappearance of the earth’s biological resources. In pushing other species to extinction, humanity… — Peter P. Marra Copy Share Image
“many leaders would rather postpone action—take a wait-and-see attitude—than proactively work toward a solution.” — Peter P. Marra Copy Share Image
“Cats are opportunistic predators by nature. If given a chance to kill a bird or other small animal, most cats will take it. That… — Peter P. Marra Copy Share Image
“By the time Lyall set foot on the shores of Stephens Island, almost a third of New Zealand’s unique species were already extinct due… — Peter P. Marra Copy Share Image
“At the same time, they will also express great concern about the future that awaits us should this at once powerful and fragile web… — Peter P. Marra Copy Share Image
“As in the United States, this makes cats the most significant source of direct anthropogenic bird mortality.” — Peter P. Marra Copy Share Image
“The final mortality numbers showed that cats killed between 1.3 and 4 billion (median 2.4 billion) birds per year, with unowned cats causing the… — Peter P. Marra Copy Share Image
“The truth is that trap-neuter-return makes people—not cats and certainly not wildlife—feel better.” — Peter P. Marra Copy Share Image
“The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith but by verification. —Thomas Huxley” — Peter P. Marra Copy Share Image
“As with some examples we have shown earlier, these very vocal advocates seem to overlook the “genocide” of native animals perpetrated by introduced predators… — Peter P. Marra Copy Share Image
“If current trends are not reversed, it is expected that at least one of New Zealand’s five kiwi species will go extinct within the… — Peter P. Marra Copy Share Image
“The cat, an introduced animal, is not needed here outside of buildings. It has disturbed the biological balance and has become a destructive force… — Peter P. Marra Copy Share Image
“Maybe the only explanation for people who have to ask why the Florida grasshopper sparrow matters is this: It matters not because it is… — Peter P. Marra Copy Share Image
“6.3 to 22.3 billion (median 12.3 billion) mammals were killed every year by outdoor cats.” — Peter P. Marra Copy Share Image
