Dogs who chase cars evidently see them as large, unruly ungulates badly in need of discipline and shepherding. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas More Quotes by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas More Quotes From Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Barring some competition from whales, wolves are probably America's most popular wild animal. Wolves are also contenders for America's most unpopular wild animal, with perhaps some competition from coyotes. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas wolvescompetitionanimalamerica We fill the woods with invasive primates camouflaged to look like piles of leaves who sneak around, sprinkling estrus doe urine and manipulating gadgets that sound like antlers clashing. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas likelookwoodssound 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 diegamerespectpeople Many expressions of a cat's feelings seem deeply related to the capture of live prey. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas livecapturecatfeelings People are perfectly glad to accept the idea that dogs love us, so they must be able to love each other. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas usacceptlovepeople Dogs are a window on the natural world. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas dogsnaturalwindowworld We may never find a way to live in suburbia with deer as we do with raccoons, say, or squirrels. So for this reason, it's very important that we make sure always to save enough wild or open land so that they can live in their normal manner. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas liveneverimportantway 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 yourownyoulove 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 talkyoureasonpeople 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 anyevenignorantanimal Every dog might wish to be Dog One, but like us, most dogs want membership in the group even more than they want supremacy over others. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas groupdogwishwant Dogs who live in each other's company are calm and pragmatic, never showing the desperate need to make known their needs and feelings or to communicate their observations, as some hysterical dogs who know only the company of our species are likely to do. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas liveneverknowcalm Primates feel pure, flat immobility as boredom. But dogs feel it as peace. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas feelboredompurepeace Every day, the humane societies execute thousands of dogs who tried all their lives to do their very best by their owners. These dogs are killed not because they are bad but because they are inconvenient. So as we need God more than he needs us, dogs need us more than we need them, and they know it. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas every-daybestdaygod I would like to visit a dog's mind to know what he's thinking and feeling. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas feelingdogmindthinking
