2 Nephi 30

In 2 Nephi 30:12-18 it talks about when "the wolf [shall] dwell with the lamb; and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion, and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them."

If you look at footnote a of verse 12 it refers you to Isaiah 63:25 and the Topical Guide under Earth, Renewal of.  Isaiah 65:25 says much the same thing as verse 12 with the wolf and the lamb feeding together instead of one eating the other one, then it says:  "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord."

I feel like sometimes we, as a society, want this to be true now.  We want everything to be marvelous and perfect, almost to the point of not accepting the realities of life.  Almost to the point of not putting the cycle of nature, as it is now, in it's proper perspective.  I have watched over the years as the commercials on TV that try to play on our sympathies and get us to donate money have gradually changed from asking for help for starving children into laying before us the plight of the polar bear.  It honestly feels like our society talks more about, and worries more about, the earth and the animals than people.  I'm not saying we shouldn't take care of our earth, but to me worrying so much over the polar bear seems to be one of Satan's distractions from what is really going on.  Satan can be a master magician, employing the art of distracting the audience with one hand as he performs the real tricky work with the other.

If you look under Earth, Renewal of in the Topical Guide it gives many references but the one I was checking for is one of the last.  It is Articles of Faith 10  "...the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory."  This is when "they shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain."  Until then we are stewards of this earth and have been very blessed to have food that comes from the earth and its animals.  We can take care of the earth, but know that things in nature have cycles that are natural.  We can worry less about that stuff and more about the things the prophets guide us to focus on.  Teaching our children, serving others, and studying the gospel.  These things will bring us happiness and peace.