Restoring the Wild Quotes

“From an environmental point of view I have always believed that some of our native hardy breeds of cattle, such as Highlanders and Galloways, could be used in many nature conservation areas to replicate the activities of the ancient ox. This would be especially true if they were bred back to be capable of surviving all year round on natural vegetation, and were not to receive supplementary feeding or medicines.”
― Roy Dennis, Restoring the Wild: Sixty Years of Rewilding Our Skies, Woods and Waterways

“The early years of Scottish Natural Heritage in the early 1990s was a time of promise and hope for nature, an era when we thought we could do great things for Scotland's wildlife and environment.”
― Roy Dennis, Restoring the Wild: Sixty Years of Rewilding Our Skies, Woods and Waterways

“Of all the species in this chapter, the lynx is the one which could be introduced most easily. It would contribute markedly to ecosystem functions by hunting and disturbing roe deer, as well as acting as a potential apex predator on middle-guild mammal predators such as fox, badger and marten, which are now very common. It would also restore an iconic and charismatic large cat, the size of a small labrador dog, to its former Scottish range, which could bring real ecotourism benefits. The proposal has been talked about since the early 1990s - over the years, the feasibility research on the species has been of the highest standard - and it's a disgrace to UK wildlife conservation that the species is still absent.”
― Roy Dennis, Restoring the Wild: Sixty Years of Rewilding Our Skies, Woods and Waterways