Sy Montgomery Quote

There are some scientists who frown upon such practices, believing that nature should run its course, Jane wrote in an early chapter of The Chimpanzees of Gombe, a scholarly compilation of her first twenty-six years of work. It seems to me, however, that humans have already interfered to such a major extent, usually in a very negative way . . . with so many animals in so many places that a certain amount of positive interference is desirable.

Sy Montgomery

There are some scientists who frown upon such practices, believing that nature should run its course, Jane wrote in an early chapter of The Chimpanzees of Gombe, a scholarly compilation of her first twenty-six years of work. It seems to me, however, that humans have already interfered to such a major extent, usually in a very negative way . . . with so many animals in so many places that a certain amount of positive interference is desirable.

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Sy Montgomery (born February 7, 1958, in Frankfurt, Germany) is an American naturalist, author, and scriptwriter who writes for children as well as adults.