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The enemies of thewild creatures are allaround us and thewar on wildlife isunrelenting. I beginthis newsletter faraway from Newhavenand observing thecreatures of anotherforest under siege. Araccoon dare notshow his face here onthe land wherehumans have sup-planted his homerange with a chicken house—lest he be accused of egg stealing. The noble skunkwho catches many “harmful” garden insects is likewise blasphemed with crueland arbitrary slanders. The always-wild mountain lion is persecuted whereverhis tracks in the snow are noticed by a human, and the local newspaper happilyrefers to his murder as an “elimination of a “threat”. Everywhere and alwaysBrother Bear is baited and tormented and mocked and irrationally feared as amadman. Should he growl or roar (a sound normal and natural to his vocal cordsand body build), his “hello” is anthropomorphized as “anger” or “rage” by trig-ger-happy humans. And because his magnificent strength occurs in the absenceof opposable thumbs or delicate “table manners,” he is accused of coarsenessand violence. Yet I have seen Brother Bear place his great paws on myfiberglass window screen and not tear or dent it—leaving only asmudge of dirty ant juice. And I have scolded him for raiding a cooler,only to find it is I who am ashamed for being rude, when he recoiledfrom it with great embarrassment (from not realizing it was mine) andhe never again offended me with his pretty tooth holes in the whitevinyl lid. I have felt his messages, in my flesh and in my heart, when he wast-ed his precious time to come back again to me just to communicate—to tell menothing was required of me except that I be as real to him as he, by his nature,is always to me.

A bear needs 30,000 calories a day to fatten up to get through the winter. Don’tever give him junk food. He may be too hungry to say no to junk that’s not goodfor him. Given a choice, I have seen Brother Bear pass over store-bought “deli-cious” apples to eat the half-wild apples I gathered from some untended garden—

BROTHER BEARBY KAREN SCHUMAKER

REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION KAREN SCHUMAKER

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Balloon Ban:Small RhodeIsland TownTakes a BigStep to Helpthe Planet

BY M. GUERCIOAfter a unanimous vote by the town

council on April 2, the small islandtown of New Shoreham, Rhode Islandpassed a law banning the sale, use anddistribution of balloons. The decisionwent into effect April 9th and anyonecaught violating the ordinance willhave to pay a fine up to $200. This is afantastic win for Mother Nature and willhopefully set an example for moretowns across the US to follow.

While balloons are a symbol of joyand celebration to many, their releaseinto the environment has indisputable,

Turtle ingesting a piece of plastic. Source Unknown.

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THE NEW YORK BIGHT – WHAT IS IT?In February, Taffy Williams, who

heads NY4whales, raised red flagsabout the proposal of the Bureau ofOcean Energy Management (BOEM),that operates within the Departmentof Interior, regarding the proposedoffshore wind farm in the NY Bight.

This proposal is still in progress: https://www.boem.gov/Outer-Continental-Shelf-Wind-Energy-Leasing-in-the-New-York-Bight/

NY4whales wrote the following (insummary:)

Our concerns:300 turbines will involve pile driving

with some of the loudest sounds onearth - far exceeding that which cankill humans, impair and likely killwhales, dolphins, etc., or certainlydrive them onto the beaches. Thearea of the construction site is 126sq. miles.

The site of the wind farm is 11miles south of Long Beach, LI, in theNY Bight, which has been known asthe “Ocean Dumping Capital of theWorld” (mostly illegal) for some 200years, receiving the refuse and indus-trial, chemical, raw sewage, sludge(you name it) waste of our region.Pile drivings will penetrate at least100’ through the sediment, and likelymuch more since these are some ofthe largest wind turbines ever built -600’ tall, with 180’ blades.

A few years ago, during the battleto stop construction of the PortAmbrose Liquified Natural Gas termi-

nal, sediment samples in the NY Bightwere taken. Scientists found carcino-genic, mutagenic, toxic PAH’s, PCB’s,heavy metals, acid waste, rawsewage, and a toxic conglomeratejust waiting to be released.Construction of the wind farm willrelease massive amounts of contami-nated sediments; these upchurnedtoxins will migrate throughout the NYBight and beyond, including to theHudson River.

What marine life is not killed by theconstruction of the wind farm, thesediment contamination will.

This wind farm area will create awall of giant 180’ rotating blades thatbirds will have to pass over orthrough. Why do we have to try to fixour global warming disaster bydestroying so much - when solar pan-els on every rooftop would eliminatethe need for any wind farm!

Bladeless turbines are nowavailable - these won’t kill birdsor bats, and won’t create harm-ful low frequency noise on landor in the water.

There are even more detrimentalproblems with this massive wind farmin the NY Bight, and if you have anopportunity, just say “NO!”. Let’s notjump on the “wind power will saveus” bandwagon when we don’t usethe best, least “lethal” wind. What wehave left on earth is a quickly vanish-ing treasure. We must urgently pro-tect every life form that is left on thisearth - every bird, whale, sea turtleand fish is precious now.

NY4whales supports windenergy, but only if it “does noharm” to whales, birds, marinelife, or humans. (This meansbladeless turbines, on land only.We believe the NY Bight is per-haps the worse site on the plan-et to build a wind farm.

Wildlife Watch encourages you tocontact NY4Whales to learn moreabout the proposal: Taffy Williams,N Y 4 W h a l e s / N Y 4 W i l d l i f e ,Yonkers, NY 10707 USA,www.ny4whales.org

Taffy Williams is a member of theBoard of Directors of the CetaceanSociety International, and a NYSlicensed wildlife rehabilitator.

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horrific consequences, especially forwildlife. A released balloon cantravel hundreds of miles, carriedby the wind and ocean currents.Their strings can become entan-gled around an animals legs, fins,wings, neck, etc, and cause stran-gulation or entrapment. Some ani-mals, especially marine animalsthat eat jellyfish like sea turtles,mistake balloons for food and tryto ingest them. This blocks theirdigestive tract, leading to a veryslow and painful death.

According to the non-profit organiza-

tion Balloons Blow, the amount of bal-loons and balloon pieces found as litteron the beach have tripled in the pastten years. Additionally, a 2016 surveyby the Commonwealth Scientific andIndustrial Research Organisation foundthat balloons are one of the top threemost harmful pollutants to wildlife,along with plastic bags and bottles.

Balloon releases are a popular cele-bratory gesture for things like fundrais-ers and weddings, but there are manyalternatives such as planting trees orflowers, lighting sparklers, or my per-sonal favorite, blowing bubbles. As fordecorations, there are many differentkinds of reusable flags, banners,streamers or paper pinwheels and

pom-poms. It is clear that thesuperficial benefit of balloons isfar outweighed by their negativeenvironmental impact, and thereare many smarter, more responsi-ble options with which to replacethem. Keeping balloons out of theoceans and other natural areas issomething everyone can help in doingby not using them and supporting anyballoon banning legislation.

Please see original article posted byLori Bell here: https://ladyfreethinker.org/rhode-island-town-bans-balloons-help-save-planet/

------------------------M. Guercio is a biologist, environ-

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just as I’ve seen Mama, our cooler hole mouse, pass upstore-bought bread, but completely devour a bit of melon ora carrot.

In the wild there is no time for mistakes. There’s nota second to spare for sinning. If you don’t get it rightthe first time, you perish. Brother Bear came to meand told me that he who doesn’t live in the moment isdying in the moment. We are not required to heapapologies on nature – only to cease and desist in this(and every subsequent) moment, from offending.

A wild bear accomplishes more in a few minutes thanmost humans I know (myself included) do in a day.

The deer, also, do not make false steps. Economy ofenergy is the Rule of the Artery to their flesh. A calm, cen-tered spirit moves their blood from one cell to another. Intheir feeding and in their travels, nothing is ever wasted.

The wild creatures do not hurry—unless they are beingharassed or pursued. They know that to hurry costs moreenergy than can be efficiently replaced.

The wild creatures don’t have problems like trying to quitcoffee. They really don’t have problems at all except for theharassment and persecution from humans. Normal physicaldifficulties they meet with an assured wisdom and grace.The day when I can fly as high as the pine siskin—or run asfast as a chipmunk—or keep myself warm all winter in aburrow in the earth like the bear does without even blan-kets or a stove—then I will think that I have something tobrag about. Until then I look about me and I see that thesecreatures have it all over us humans. We are so pathetic inour talents compared to the marvelous things they do daily.

In love and faith, for the animals, Karen

------------------------Karen Schumaker is editor of the Newhaven News, a

publication of the Newhaven Private WildlifeSanctuary. Newhaven is dedicated to the protection andpreservation of non-human indigenous species. Karen canbe contacted by mail at: POB 217, Deary, ID 83823.

July nights are an exciting time toview the theatrics of summertimefireflies. They put on a spectacularlight show even in your own back-yard. But if you really want to be daz-zled, head out to a meadow, wherethey do their best work. The mostamazing venue in my neck of thewoods is the Nyquist-Harcourt WildlifeSanctuary in New Paltz, NY. Nestledoff the side of the historic HuguenotStreet and hugged by theShawangunk mountains is the 56-acre preserve, created to be a “forev-er wild setting” where grasses andherbaceous plants host a wide varietyof animals, including a reported 140bird species.

To see the fireflies, get to the sanc-tuary between 9:30 and 10 pm on asummer night. As you head down theentrance path, you will pass througha pine forest of blinking, glowingwonder. It’s Christmas time again andsomeone has decorated the treeswith a thousand brilliant lights!Moving down the lane, you will reacha small wooden bridge over a vastmarshy pond. At this hour, it’s lumi-nescent with the strange green glowof algae. The flies have also lit up this

place, in what again looks like theplanned succession of movingChristmas lights, and if you listenclosely, the bullfrogs are voicing theirpleasure with a hearty “Gup! Gup!”

If you’re not afraid of the dark, ven-ture into the labyrinth of trails afterthe bridge. They are dark and wood-ed, and a definite favorite of the flies.It is spooky and magical at the sametime, their bright little signals couldalmost be the lanterns of fairies, whoknows? It’s a veritable wonderland.

Trying to photograph fireflies takesa great deal of knowledge. Cell phone

cameras don’t seem adequate. If youlight up the area with a flash, youdon’t see the lights you are trying tocapture. If you take a photo withouta flash, you don’t capture the lights.

Here’s one solution that we foundonline: https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-take-pictures-of-fireflies-at-night

------------------------Cynthia Hacker lives in New Paltz,

NY. She spends her free time explor-ing the many wild places that gracethe area. She is a writer and lover ofnature.

Let’s Go Wildlife WatchingFIREFLY WATCHING WILL LIGHT UP YOUR LIFE

BY CYNTHIA HACKER

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CBC Headline:

Vegan is the New KosherThe Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) used the headline “Vegan is the

New Kosher,” when it reported that Rabbi DavidRosen joined 70 rabbis worldwide urging Jewsto become vegan. Rabbi Rosen is theInternational Director of Interreligious Affairsat the American Jewish Committee inJerusalem. He’s also the Honorary president ofthe International Jewish Vegetarian Society.

He said in part, “…people should no longer collaborate or be party to anindustry which is problematic ethically, environmentally, or in terms of econom-ic justice.

He’s not saying to go “cold turkey,” but to make more plant-based choiceswhen you can.

Israel is credited with having the largest number of vegans in the world percapita including both Jews and Muslims.

A VEGGIE BURGERTHAT BLEEDS!

Since the meat industry is amajor contributor to CO2 emis-sions, deforestation, and waterconsumption, Silicon Valley techcompanies are funding researchto develop meat analogs.According to the BBC report,funding is coming from Bill Gatesand Richard Branson, as well astraditional meat suppliers likeCargill and Tyson Foods. They nodoubt see the writing on the wall!

I can tell you that my husband,dogs, and I love analogs that are pri-marily from the Gardein brand. Mycats unfortunately don’t go for it yet!

The chief executive of ImpossibleFoods, the company producing thebleeding meat, is Pat Brown. His goalis to replace animals completely by2035! He said that the meat industryis more destructive than that of fossilfuels, mining, transportation, and log-

ging.This BBC article backs that up

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-43802572.They say livestock production isresponsible for 18% of total green-house gasses, and animal proteinrequires 11 times the amount of fossilfuel to produce compared to plantprotein, according to the Centre forAgriculture and BioscienceInternational.

Mr. Brown works with bio-chemists to mass-produce heme– a plant-based protein thatresembles blood. He said it’s the“secret sauce” that gives theburger its advantage.

Other meat analog companies havejumped in with different technologiesand are being supported by SiliconValley companies. Two are MemphisMeats and Just Inc. According to theBBC report, their labs are sophisticatedand show that the scale of veggie meatproduction matches the biggest slaugh-terhouse in the US, but instead of cowsit has 50,000-gallon bioreactors.

------------------------Visit: www.impossiblefoods.com ;

http://www.memphismeats.com/You can see Impossible Foods’

YouTube video about heme here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6U4H8WC9jg

EYE ON THE NEWSHUMAN HUNTING

INFLUENCESADAPTATION IN

BEAR CUB PARENTING

In March of this year, theNorwegian University of Life Sciencespublished this incredible report:

HUMAN HUNTING HAS CHANGEDTHE CHARACTERISTICS OF MOTHERBEARS’ BEHAVIOR TO THEIR CUBS.

The professor who headed theresearch, Jon Swenson, said that asingle female in Sweden is four timesmore likely to be shot than one with acub. “In the period from 2005 to 2015,the number of females keeping theircubs an additional year increased from7% to 36%. More cubs stay withtheir mothers an additional year (upfrom 1.5 years to 2.5 years).

He insightfully adds that “Man isnow an evolutionary force in the livesof the bears.” Females who keeptheir cubs longer live safer lives, butthey reproduce less often. Thisreduces their total number of off-spring throughout their lives.

We at Wildlife Watch believe this isan intelligent decision on the part ofthe bears to outsmart the hunters,and not merely an incognizant orunconscious reaction to hunting.

Photo ©Jim Robertson.------------------------

Wildlife Watch is grateful to JimRobertson, a rare ethical photogra-pher of wildlife, for allowing us theuse of his photos that are taken with-out lures and artificial props, andwithout causing the wild animals anydisturbance that would alter theirbehavior. You can see more photoson his website: www.animalsinthewild.org

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WILDLIFE WATCHNEEDS YOU!

Wildlife Watch needs your helpmore than ever to continue providingour vital wildlife hotline service to thepublic. We receive calls from acrossthe country and occasionally fromCanada from people needing helpwith injured and orphaned wildlife.Our easy to remember number877WILDHELP is recommended byveterinary offices, SPCAs, and lawenforcement agencies. Additionally,we publish the Wildlife WatchBinocular to inform the public aboutanimals and the people who helpthem, to promote wildlife watching,and to provide the understandingthat all animals are individualsdeserving of kinder treatment.

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The Wildlife Watch Binocular is published quarterly by Wildlife

Watch Inc., a 501(c)3 Corp.P.O. Box 562, New Paltz, NY 12561

Phone: 845-256-1400, e-mail: wildwatch@verizon.netWebsite: www.wildwatch.org

Anne Muller, EditorWe welcome letters/articles/photos

for consideration.Contributions are tax-deductible.

WHEN THE DEC ASKS FOR VOUNTEERS TO HELP WITHWILDLIFE PROJECTS, UNDERSTAND WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUTIt’s the stated objective of the

Bureau of Wildlife (BOW), that oper-ates within the Department ofEnvironmental Conservation (DEC), toincrease “game” species for huntersand trappers. Sometimes theunknowing public, even children, canbe recruited to help in their efforts,without knowing the real purpose

BOW benefits by being called “DEC”for they are given a false image ofhaving environmental concerns, whenin fact their primary concern is to getfirearms revenue from hunting and tosell hunting permits.

Marilyn Leybra spotted the fol-lowing announcement by the DEC:“Wildlife biologists are seeking thepublic’s help to learn about new blackbear dens in NY. The bears may befitted with radio collars to help tracktheir activities throughout the year

and locate dens.... A bear den may be in a rock

crevice, tree cavity, or under heavybush or fallen trees. Females givebirth in January or early February andif you are near a den you may hearthe cubs’ high-pitched squeals.”Marilyn, who has been a wildlife reha-bilitator for over 30 years, and whoselarge animal rescues belong inRipley’s Believe It or Not, wasextremely sensitive to this little cub’sfeelings about it all.

She wrote: Did u see latest DECWeekly Bulletin, in case you everwondered what an infant bear cub’seyes look like when being damaging-ly exposed to daylight, while having anightmare about being ripped fromden & mom’s belly & being man-han-dled? Wildlife management ‘biol-ogists’ at work monitoring ‘cub

production,’ for ‘harvesting’ &asking for our help to locatedens. Sure.

------------------------Marilyn Leybra can be contacted

through Wildwatch@verizon.net

NEW ZEALAND TO BAN NEW OFFSHORE OILDRILLING OVER CLIMATE CHANGE

Wildlife Watch has written aboutPrime Minister of New Zealand,

Jacinda Ardern, before. She came tooffice in October 2017 in a big celebra-tion with her cat. Apparently she issticking to her campaign pledges ofprotecting the environment.According to The Guardian, “…hercoalition government made tackling cli-mate change one of the cornerstonesof its policies, committing to transitionto 100% of electricity generation fromrenewable sources by 2035 and mak-ing the economy carbon neutral by2050.

Greenpeace New Zealand saidthe government’s announcementwas a ‘historic moment’ for thecountry and ‘a huge win for ourclimate and people power’”.

The PM said: “We have been a worldleader on critical issues to humanity bybeing nuclear free…and now we couldbe world leading in becoming carbonneutral.”

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if our pres-ident would follow her lead?

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R.O.C.K. - Rehabbers Offer Care and Kindness

In early July, Wildlife Watch received a call about a little fledgling with a bro-ken leg. The caller was nearby, so we went over, and it was clear that the littlebird was not merely waiting for mom to come to feed him. He was in serioustrouble with a broken leg.

We were able to get him to a veterinary hospital that works with Friends ofthe Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center, one of the premier wildlife reha-bilitation facilities near here.

I confess, I didn’t think this little bird had much of a chance of ever having useagain of his broken leg.

So, you can imagine our pleasant surprise (I jumped out of my skin withdelight) when we received these photos from Missy Runyan of Friends of theFeathered and Furry Wildlife Center, Inc.

The Wildlife Watch Hotline – 877-WILDHELPreceives hundreds of calls every year from across thecountry, and a few from Canada. Police departments,conservation agencies, SPCAs, veterinary offices, and fed-eral, state, and municipal offices have referred callers to

Wildlife Watch for help. Your contribution to Wildlife Watch will help us

to expand our volunteer service by allowing us tocover phones 24/7 and update our lists as newwildlife rehabilitators come on the scene.

He will be released when he’sold enough!

———————————-Photos by: Friends of the Feathered and Furry

Wildlife Center Inc.Friends of the Feathered and

Furry Wildlife Center is a 501(c)3dedicated to helping injured andorphaned New York State wildlife.They can be contacted at (518) 989-6534 http://www.fffwildlifecenter.com/

While we at Wildlife Watch care about individual birds, their well-being, their relationships, their health, we can totally understand thethrill that so many have when they see a new or rare species of bird.

In an article titled: A SINGLE BIRD CAUSED A $220,000 BOOST TOTHE US ECONOMY by Ryan Mandelbaum in gizmodo.com, birding iscalled better than Pokémon Go because it’s real!

You can read all about it here: https://gizmodo.com/a-single-bird-caused-a-220-000-boost-to-the-us-economy-1821181323

Wildlife Watching is generous. Itallows everyone to share the same ani-mal. Best of all, when done respectful-ly, it doesn’t harm the animals or theenvironment.

But, if you don’t have time to traipse aroundthe world looking for birds to view, one of thebest magazines we’ve found is Birds & Blooms:You can find them here: https://www.facebook.com/BirdsBlooms/

Speaking of birding, there is no one whocombines a love of birds with knowledge oftheir care more than Barry Kent MacKay.Barry’s paintings are extraordinary. Here is justa peek. Sadly, our newsprint can not do justiceto the paintings.

Barry also works politically in Canada for ani-mal protection!

You can see more about Barry, his life,and art at: www.barrykentmackay.ca

At FFFwildlife center

healing in progress

The littlerobin standingproudly on his

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baby robin when foundwith broken leg

Inca Terns © Barry Kent MacKay

WILDLIFE WATCHING REVENUE FAR EXCEEDS HUNTING

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The littlerobin standingproudly on his

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baby robin when foundwith broken leg

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A PLANT-BASEDFOOD OPTION INEVERY PUBLIC

SCHOOLThis year, a bill was introduced to amend the education law in relation to

requiring public schools to offer plant-based food options. The bill was initi-ated by the League ofHumane Voters® (LOHV®)and introduced by AssemblyMember Richard Gottfried.

It reads as follows:The People of the State of

New York, represented inSenate and Assembly, doenact as follows:

Section 1. The education law isamended by adding a new section 915-a to read as follows:

3 § 915-a. Plant-based food options. 1. Upon request by a student or4 person in parental relation to the student, every public school shall5 offer the student a plant-based food option as an alternative to every6 meal or snack offered in food service to the student. The plant-based7 food option shall be offered at no additional cost to the student beyond8 what would be charged for a comparable non-plant-based food option.9 2. The school shall respond in a reasonable manner and time to any10 request made under this section, consistent with guidance by school11 authorities. The request shall be effective for every school meal or12 snack in which the student is reasonably expected to participate. This13 section does not preclude the offering of plant-based food options to14 students who have not requested it, and does not preclude an individual15 who has requested a plant-based food option from selecting a non-plant-16 based food option.17 3. As used in this section:18 (a) "Plant-based food option" means food or beverages that are free of19 animal products and, as relates to the "protein" portion of a meal,20 recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture as a meat21 alternate for purposes of the national school lunch program.22 (b) "Animal product" means meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, eggs, honey,23 and any derivative thereof.24 4. In implementing this section, the school and school authorities25 shall consult with the school district nutrition advisory committee26 under section nine hundred eighteen of this article, where applicable.27 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to public28 school food service beginning with the school year, as defined in the29 education law, beginning one year after it shall have become a law.

------------------------Please contact Jeffery Termini, Legislative Director of LOHV®

to see how you can help this bill to pass.jefferytermini@gmail.com

IF YOU NEED TO DISSUADE GEESE

FROM YOUR PROPERTY, THIS

PROMISES TO DO IT!!We totally

get that it’s notthe geese, it’sthe poop, butwe at WildlifeWatch promoteonly non-lethalmethods ofgoose dissua-sion and aremore thanhappy to let our readers know aboutanything that helps our mission tohumanely resolve human-wildlife con-flicts.

On the site of the Goosinator,you will see this little machinework on grass, sand, water, snow,even ice.

They say it’s “affordable,” and theyappear to have a lot of happy cus-tomers. I would check it out athttps://www.goosinator.com

ANIMAL TESTING –TOO SLOW!

In a report put out by Citizens forAlternatives to Animal Research andExperimentation (CAARE), researchersat Johns Hopkins University showthat computers can predict thesafety of chemicals better than ani-

mal testing, and at a much lowercost. The software program is calledREACHAcross™ and it uses big data andArtificial Intelligence to analyze tens ofthousands of chemicals to evaluate howthey might react in the human body.

To see the full report and many oth-ers, please contact: Barbara Stagno,President CAARE, at barbara@caareusa.org and visit: https://www.caareusa.org/

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A BEAR SHOT…BY JIM ROBERTSON, AN ETHICAL PHOTOGRAPHER

To help our work, please donate here.

This grizzly bear (aka Alaska brownbear) whose image I “captured” herewas never confined, prodded orrestricted in any way for this “shot.”She was in fact going about her busi-ness as though I weren't even there,cashing in on a bountiful salmon runfollowing the incoming tide off theShelikof Strait. Although it looks likeshe's staring into the camera, she'sactually focusing on a fish strugglingupstream beyond where I wascrouched nearby.

To a hunter, the temptation to blast

away and take home the trophy heador hide would have been overwhelm-ing. But as a wildlife photographer, Igot all I could hope for from theencounter, including the satisfactionthat the bear would live out her lifefree of human greed and exploitationwhile passing her genes, knowledgeand know-how on to future free-livingursines.

------------------------To see more amazing photography

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