Animal Loss Quotes

We gathered all the stock we could find, and made an attempt to move. We left many of our horses and cattle in Wallowa. We lost several hundred in crossing the river.

Mending the fence when one loses a sheep is still not too late.

The thing that started me painting originally was seeing Bambi when I was about nine. I was incredibly disturbed by the forest fire that killed Bambi's mother, and that distress gave me the impulse to create something, as a way of dealing with it.

Even as I speak, the very last polar bear may be dying of hunger on account of climate change, on account of us. And I sure miss the polar bears. Their babies are so warm and cuddly and trusting, just like ours.

Ever since 'Lassie' and 'Old Yeller', I won't watch animal movies. Animals in movies always die.

If you can't sleep, count sheep. Don't count endangered animals. You will run out.

Every time you lose an animal, it's like losing a brick from the house. Pretty soon the house just falls down, you know?

The relationships I've had with animals are often some of the most profound. That's why you cry when a dog dies in a movie. The connection is so deep and so profound, and it isn't cluttered by humanity.

I've had to put horses down on the farm before, and it's very, very sad.

Red squirrels... you don't see many of them since they became extinct.

I am truly sorry that a fowl of Canada is no longer with us.

Especially during the hot weather, we have been so greatly hampered by infections despite our utmost care, and since we have lost so many dogs, I strongly desire more help to keep the place clean and gloves and gowns and a thorough fitting up of our operating room.

WHERE'S MY COW? ARE YOU MY COW?

Often extinctions in the ocean occur at the same time as those on land. Then again, the ice age extinctions lost many big animals, but not many sea faring ones.