The scary thing is that in my lifetime, 95 per cent of the world's rhinos have been killed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was learning to track rhinoceroses in Africa and tracked right up on an animal that really I thought was going to kill me.
The rhino is now more or less extinct, and it's not because of global warming or shrinking habitats. It's because of Beyonce's handbags.
There is something about seeing rhinos and lions running free that excites you. It's not that you feel afraid; it's more like you're liberated by seeing them.
Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.
All over the world the wildlife that I write about is in grave danger. It is being exterminated by what we call the progress of civilization.
People can have rhinoceros skin, but there's a point when something's going to hurt you.
The threat of extinction is more real than many realise. And the damage done to elephants directly leads to destruction of the ecosystem.
The thing that scares me is a place like the Amazon - which is the size of the continental U.S. and mostly unexplored and has a different ecosystem, there are so many things in there that can kill you.
We're not very dangerous animals; we don't have a horn like a rhino or quills like a porcupine.
It's estimated that across Africa 100 elephants are killed for their tusks every day. It takes nothing more than simple math to get to what that adds up to in a year, and it's a distressing figure.