Extinction Quote by Peter P. Marra

““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 is busy sawing off the limb on which it is perched.””

Peter P. Marra

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“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”

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“many leaders would rather postpone action—take a wait-and-see attitude—than proactively work toward a solution.”

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“Cats are opportunistic predators by nature. If given a chance to kill a bird or other small animal, most cats will take it. That…

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“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…

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“At the same time, they will also express great concern about the future that awaits us should this at once powerful and fragile web…

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“As in the United States, this makes cats the most significant source of direct anthropogenic bird mortality.”

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“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…

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“The truth is that trap-neuter-return makes people—not cats and certainly not wildlife—feel better.”

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“The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith but by verification. —Thomas Huxley”

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“As with some examples we have shown earlier, these very vocal advocates seem to overlook the “genocide” of native animals perpetrated by introduced predators…

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“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…

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“The cat, an introduced animal, is not needed here outside of buildings. It has disturbed the biological balance and has become a destructive force…

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