The dangerous temptation of wildlife films is that they can lull us into thinking we can get by without the original models -- that we might not need animals in the flesh.

Doug Peacock
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We have all seen a wildlife documentary and thought, “I don’t need a lion or a tiger or a bear to live a full life. I can survive without them.” The problem is that not only do we need the animals to survive, but they need us as well. As humans, we have been given the opportunity to see everything from the animal’s point of view. We have been able to study their ways of life and appreciate what it is that makes them so amazing and unique.

This allows us to understand why we should not harm them and how we should be helping them in their time of need. It becomes our duty as humans to take care of and protect these animals and their habitat.

Source: Grizzly Years: In Search Of The American Wilderness

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