Decline Quote by Norm Dicks

“It may be underfunded and at times mismanaged, but the [Endangered Species] Act is an unprecedented attempt to delegate human-caused extinction to the chapters…

— Joe Roman

The protection of biodiversity and, therefore, of endangered species is an issue to which I attach a great deal of importance.

— Albert II, Prince of Monaco

For over 30 years the Endangered Species Act has suffered from many fundamental flaws, the most notable being a blatant disregard for property rights,.

— Chris Cannon

It is a drastic mistake to eliminate the provisions that have to do with the protection of habitat for endangered species. It is my…

— Jim Saxton

Conservation of any endangered species must begin with stringent efforts to protect its natural habitat by the enforcement of rigid legislation against human encroachment…

— Dian Fossey

I feel that we have a responsibility to try to do everything we can to protect species, and the best way to do that…

— Paul Watson

I fully support the goal of species protection and conservation and believe that recovery and ultimately delisting of species should be the U.S. Fish…

— Dennis Cardoza

Protecting biodiversity is just as important and critical to the survival of mankind as stabilizing the climate. Species protection and climate are interdependent.

— Klaus Topfer

“In every remote corner of the world there are people like Carl Jones and Don Merton who have devoted their lives to saving threatened…

— Mark Carwardine

Like the resource it seeks to protect, wildlife conservation must be dynamic, changing as conditions change, seeking always to become more effective.

— Rachel Carson

The only way we can reduce the number of these endangered species is to improve and provide additional habitat where they can live and…

— Lorne Greene

We all have a responsibility to protect endangered species, both for their sake and for the sake of our own future generations.

— Loretta Lynch