Earth Day is this weekend, and we are helping in a local lake cleanup on that day. This is great timing, I hope as many of you to make out as possible.
So, this is the 3rd week of quotes from conservationist. Tonight’s is from William Temple Hornaday.
William Temple Hornaday, was an American zoologist, conservationist, taxidermist, and author. He served as the first director of the New York Zoological Park, known today as the Bronx Zoo, and he was a pioneer in the early wildlife conservation movement in the United States. His efforts are credited with saving the American Bison (or buffalo) from extinction.
“The wild things of this earth are not ours to do with as we please. They have been given to us in trust, and we must account for them to the generation which will come after us and audit our accounts.”
I encourage you all to learn more about Mr Hornaday, what he did for this country, and the scouting awards named for him.