Aldo Leopold Quote

I personally believed, at least in 1914 when predator control began, that there could not be too much horned game, and that the extirpation of predators was a reasonable price to pay for better big game hunting. Some of us have learned since the tragic error of such a view, and acknowledged our mistake. One must judge from the present volume that the Fish and Wildlife Service does not see any mistake.

"Review of The Wolves of North America by Stanley P. Young and Edward A. Goldman" [1944]; Published in Aldo Leopold's Southwest, David E. Brown and Neil B. Carmony (eds.) 1990, p. 226.

I personally believed, at least in 1914 when predator control began, that there could not be too much horned game, and that the extirpation of...

I personally believed, at least in 1914 when predator control began, that there could not be too much horned game, and that the extirpation of...

I personally believed, at least in 1914 when predator control began, that there could not be too much horned game, and that the extirpation of...

I personally believed, at least in 1914 when predator control began, that there could not be too much horned game, and that the extirpation of...