“Of all African animals, the elephant is the most difficult for man to
live with, yet its passing – if this must come – seems the most tragic
of all. I can watch elephants (and elephants alone) for hours at a time,
for sooner or later the elephant will do something very strange such as
mow grass with its toenails or draw the tusks from the rotted carcass
of another elephant and carry them off into the bush. There is mystery
behind that masked gray visage, and ancient life force, delicate and
mighty, awesome and enchanted, commanding the silence ordinarily
reserved for mountain peaks, great fires, and the sea.” ― Peter
Matthiessen.
“But perhaps the most important lesson I learned is that there are no
walls between humans and the elephants except those that we put up
ourselves, and that until we allow not only elephants, but all living
creatures their place in the sun, we can never be whole ourselves.” ―
Lawrence Anthony.
“If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of
spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. All
things are connected.” – Chief Seattle.
“If elephants didn’t exist, you couldn’t invent one. They belong to a
small group of living things so unlikely they challenge credulity and
common sense.” – Lyall Watson.
“When animals express their feelings they pour out like water from a
spout. Animals’ emotions are raw, unfiltered, and uncontrolled. Their
joy is the purest and most contagious of joys and their grief the
deepest and most devastating. Their passions bring us to our knees in
delight and sorrow.” ― Marc Bekoff.
“Let us remember that animals are not mere resources for human
consumption. They are splendid beings in their own right, who have
evolved alongside us as co-inheritors of all the beauty and abundance of
life on this planet” ― Marc Bekoff.
“The world’s wildlife, both on land and in our waters, is such a
precious resource, but it is also a limited one. It cannot be
manufactured. And once it’s gone, it cannot be replenished. And those
who profit from it illegally are not just undermining our borders and
our economies. They are truly stealing from the next generation.” –
Hilary Clinton.
“I meant what I said and I said what I meant – An elephant’s faithful, one hundred percent!” – Dr Seuss.
“Where will your tusks go? They will leave Africa, hidden in dirty
sacks, in boxes, trucks, and stores, changing hands from man to man. No
one will know who you were, where you lived. You will be like thousands
of others, unknown, abused, and used. One day, a piece of you will be
cut into myriad items.” – Oria Douglas Hamilton.
“If we’re destroying our trees and destroying our environment and
hurting animals and hurting one another and all that stuff, there’s got
to be a very powerful energy to fight that. I think we need more love in
the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more
laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.” – Ellen DeGeneres.
“We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider
the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social
intelligence. But the way we treat them puts on display the very worst
of human behavior.” – Graydon Carter.
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