Page 12 - Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis
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“Never have my astonishment, wonder, and
admiration been so stirred as when I have
witnessed these birds drop from their course
like meteors from heaven.”
—Simon Pokagon, Potawatomi tribal leader
“In pushing other species to extinction, humanity is
busy sawing off the limb on which it is perched.”
— American biologist Paul R. Ehrlich
“There’s something everyone can do in their lives
and in their communities to make it a better place
for birds and people.”
— Gary Langham, chief scientist, National Audubon Society
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