5 Quotes & Sayings By Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas is an author, explorer, environmentalist, and naturalist. She is the bestselling author of thirteen books on animals, including The Hidden Life of Dogs and The Tribe of Tiger, both published by Ballantine Books. She was also co-founder and chair of the World Wildlife Fund's Nature Conservancy Council. Elizabeth has been engaged in many international conservation campaigns over the past three decades, including stopping deforestation in Madagascar and saving endangered species such as orangutans and tigers.

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I saw that animals were important. I saw that plants were even more important. I was also to learn that compared to many of the other species, we weren't important at all except for the damage we do. We do not rule the natural world, despite our conspicuous position in it. On the contrary, it is our lifeline, and we do well to try to understand its rules. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
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With all due respect to the nation's fish and game departments, more deer die because people hunt them than because people feed them. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
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People didn't think animals thought or remembered or had minds! They most certainly do: any pet owner knows more than a lot of scientists about animals. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
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As far as I'm concerned, I own my dogs as I own my body. My legs are with me when I take a shower, and I feel no shame. If I were to lose one, I'd grieve, and people would send sympathy cards, but it would be my condition that evoked the sympathy, not the fate of the leg. That's like losing a dog. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas