Britain’s Duke of Edinburgh wrote in his foreword to the book: “Here at last is a success story on such a major scale that it is worth publishing even at the risk that it may encourage some people to assume that the problems of conservation are not really as bad as they were led to believe....
Suurbritannia Edinburgh’i hertsog kirjutas selle raamatu eessõnas: ” Lõpuks ometi on olemas üks tõeliselt edukas avaldamist väärt lugu, kuigi sellega kaasneb oht, et mõningad inimesed võivad hakata arvama, nagu polekski looduskaitse probleemid nii tõsised, kui seda neile on sisendatud.