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With all due respect to the nation's fish and game departments, more deer die because people hunt them than because people feed them.

~Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Topics: Because Deer Departments Die Due Feed Fish Game Hunt More Nation People Respect Than Them

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Many expressions of a cat's feelings seem deeply related to the capture of live prey.

~Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Topics: Capture Cat Deeply Expressions Feelings Live Many Prey Related Seem

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We are surely the primary agent of death for all members of the cat tribe. For many if not most cat species, our depredations must surpass accidents, disease, and even starvation by a considerable margin.

~Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Topics: Accidents Agent Cat Considerable Death Disease Even Many Margin Members Most Must Our Primary Species Starvation Surely Surpass Tribe

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The story of cats is a story of meat.

~Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Topics: Cats Meat Story

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Dogs are a window on the natural world.

~Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Topics: Dogs Natural Natural World Window World

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You can look at your dog and see that it's thinking and has strong feelings. And if it does, so do wolves. And if wolves do, so do elephants. People aren't the only beings that think and feel.

~Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Topics: Beings Does Dog Elephants Feel Feelings Look Only People See Strong Think Thinking Wolves You Your

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You have to be able to love members of your own species before you can branch out and apply that to other species.

~Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Topics: Able Apply Before Branch Love Members Other Out Own Species To Love You Your

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Once you're known to be an alcoholic, that's how many people identify you, which could be a reason not to talk about it.

~Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Topics: About Could How How Many People Identify Known Many Once People Reason Talk Which You

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Not even a maggot is an it, and to refer to any animal in that manner is an affectation, an ignorant stab at science-speak.

~Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Topics: Animal Any Even Ignorant Manner Refer

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Animals need to understand other species, if only to prey on them or escape from them.

~Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Topics: Animals Escape Need Only Other Prey Species Them Understand

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: September 13th, 1931

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