8 Quotes by Doug Peacock

The dangerous temptation of wildlife films is that they can lull us into thinking we can get by without the original models -- that we might not need animals in the flesh.

The whole concept of 'wild' was decidedly European, one not shared by the original inhabitants of this continent. What we called 'wilderness' was to the Indian a homeland, 'abiding loveliness' in Salish or Piegan. The land was not something to be feared or conquered, and 'wildlife' were neither wild nor alien; they were relatives.

I have spent too much time with my eye glued to the viewfinder and ended up missing both the image of the mind and that on film.

About thirty-five genera of mammals disappear from America, about half of them in a brief window of 500 years, 13,200 to 12,700 years ago, with Clovis hunters occupying the core of that time period. A sudden cooling, the Younger Dryas, descends on the Earth by 12,880 years ago, marking the terminal appearance of many of these animals. Suspected causes of the YD are still contentious. But it signals the end of Clovis and much of the megafauna.

It ain’t wilderness unless there’s a critter out there that can kill you and eat you.

The dangerous temptation of wildlife films is that they can lull us into thinking we can get by without the original models – that we might not need animals in the flesh.

I want my body to help fertilize the growth of a cactus or cliff rose or sagebrush or tree.

Insulate yourself with friends and seek out wild places.