Wild Animal Quotes

“I spent the day running through the woods like a wild animal. Being chased by you is the only thing that would have made it more romantic.”
― Amanda Mosher, Better to be able to love than to be loveable

“Lions are neither predators nor killers. They just go for hunting like kings; because they are the kings!”
― Munia Khan

“I don’t have to be logical. I’m a leopard. We’re considered wild animals, you know. (Spoken by Megan.)”
― Amy Neftzger, The Orphanage of Miracles

“Even a wild animal understands cruelty.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“Now just a word about zoos. Many folks think that animals in a zoo know no comforts; nothing but constant fright from living in captivity. Such folks do not stop to think of a thing or two about an animal’s wild condition. Wild animals must not only constantly hunt for food, but invariably fight to kill it and to hold it, too; for, in such a fight, a big antagonist will naturally win from a small individual. Thus, what food is found, is also lost; and hunting must go on, day by day, or night by night until a tragic climax—by thirst or starvation. But in a zoo, food is brought daily, with facility for drinking, and laid right in front of hoofs, paws or bills. For small animals, roofs and thick walls ward off cold winds and rain; and so, days of calm inactivity, daily naps without worrying about attack; and a carting away of all rubbish and filth soon puts a zoo animal in bodily form which has no comparison with its wild condition. Lack of room in which to climb, roam or play, may bring a zoo animal to that condition known as “soft”; but, as it now has no call for vigor, and its fighting passions find no opportunity for display, such an animal is gradually approaching that condition which has brought Man, who is only an animal, anyway, to his lofty point in Natural History, today. Truly, with such tribulations, worry, and hard work as Man puts up with to obtain his food and lodging, a zoo animal, if it could only know of our daily grind, would comfortably yawn, thankful that Man is so kindly looking out for it. With similar animals all around it, and, day by day, just a happy growth from cub-hood to maturity, I almost wish that I was a zoo animal, with no boss to growl about my not showing up, mornings, at a customary hour!”
― Ernest Vincent Wright, Gadsby

“A wild animal will fear for your crackers but not a warrior”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“I remembered the mountain lion, who smelled the blood and devoured its already deceased prey. It had looked at me longingly, licking its lips. We knew in time I would be his next snack.”
― E.K. Barnes, When the Divine Are Dead