How to Shoot an Amateur Naturalist Quotes

“For some strange reason, all over the world man seems to think that wetlands are inimical to him. As soon as he comes across a wonderful swamp or marsh teeming with wildlife he becomes unhappy until he has covered it with pesticides, shot out all the edible animals, drained it, ploughed it, planted a series of useless crops on it and, finally, through his unbiological activities, created a sterile piece of eroded earth which was once a rich, balanced tapestry of life. This ridiculous and dangerous policy has been adopted all over the world to man's own detriment.”
― Gerald Durrell, How to Shoot an Amateur Naturalist

“It is strange to think that all the great rivers of the world, the Amazon, the Nile, the Mississippi, share the same humble beginnings - a few teacupfuls of water bubbling out of the ground - then as the water hurries down to the sea it gathers momentum and force. It changes from a tiny skein of water into a broad, majestic river. Rivers, whether large or small, are the veins and arteries of the land, and along their glittering lengths they give home and food to a vast band of creatures that live in, on or alongside them.”
― Gerald Durrell, How to Shoot an Amateur Naturalist