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Quotes from Wildlife Wars: My Fight to Save Africa's Natural Treasures — Richard Leakey

1944–2022 Kenya

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I'm known for speaking my mind, a trait I probably inherited from my parents, Louis and Mary Leakey—neither of whom was renowned for tact.

Wildlife Wars: My Fight to Save Africa's Natural Treasures (2001)

Protecting elephants and conserving natural ecosystems remain my personal priorities. But I am not so sure this would be so were I ill, hungry, and living in dispair. ...We must somehow find a way to provide for our own species if we are also to preserve others.

Wildlife Wars: My Fight to Save Africa's Natural Treasures (2001)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Richard Leakey (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.