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Compassion-
Posted by Michael Strahan on Feb 22 2006
BrownBear,
I hear you, and I certainly feel a certain degree of anger over this. But Mr. Treadwell isn't here to benefit from my critical perspective of his actions. Even if he was, it wouldn't matter to him anyway. So I see two responsibilities we have in this. First and foremost is to show compassion and concern for those who see his death as a loss. In fact, it is probably also appropriate to show compassion for those who are glad he's gone... that's something to chew on for sure. Second, we need to continue preaching proper behavior around bears, in hopes that we may save someone else from a similar fate.
I have looked at the Grizzly People website, but not lately. There will always be people with mistaken ideas about wildlife. But I think we err on the side of callousness when we tread heavily on them for the foolish acts of another person (or even for their own foolish ideas). We certainly won't change their view by attacking them; We have to have mutual respect first. In one sense we're in the driver's seat on this, because we have better information and a better understanding of how to conduct ourselves in bear country.
This is a little rambling, I know. Hopefully it makes sense.
-Mike
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