“Although Nature needs thousands or millions of years to create a new species, man needs only a few dozen years to destroy one.” MenNeedsYearsMillionsSpeciesDozen Author:Victor Blanchard Scheffer
“Whales have become newly symbolic of real values in a world environment of which man is newly aware. Whales live in families, they play in the moonlight, they talk to one another, and they care for one another in distress. They are awesome and mysterious. In their cold, wet, and forbidding world they are complete and successful. They deserve to be saved, not as potential meatballs, but as a source of encouragement to mankind.” MenWorldRealPlayCareValuesSuccessfulEnvironmentMankindSourceColdDeserveEncouragementSavedMysteriousWetDistressMoonlightSymbolicWhalesReal ValueWorld EnvironmentMeatballs Author:Victor Blanchard Scheffer
“Throughout history, men have tried to play God by moving rabbits, goats, sparrows, mongooses, and a hundred other species to oceanic islands and island continents, and later have wished to God they hadn't.” MenPlayMovingHundredSpeciesIslandsContinentsConservationRabbitsGoatsSparrowsMongoose Author:Victor Blanchard Scheffer
