I find it hard to bleed for “animal people” who are killed by wild animals. They seem to court their own death. Remember the man who loved grizzlies and they ate him.
Timothy Treadwell. Now known as "Lunch."
I hope that the Grizzly did not get indigestion.
That's not fair, he did a lot of incredible work. Okay, yeah, granted, in the end he got et. But before that he proved dozens of times, for years, that grizzlies have a communication code of dominance and obedience, and if it's followed they'll let people near them safely. If he was taken seriously, his research could help save lives. Instead all anyone talks about us when he screwed up. Hey, it was dangerous work in an unknown field. When test pilots die, no one says their work was worthless. /rant
There is never any good that comes when humans and higher order mammals meet. Big cats, bears, wolves, big apes and monkeys and killer whales aren’t house pets. They’re incredibly swift, strong and powerful animals with million of years of instinct and evolution hardwired into them and their behavior around humans is always unpredictable. Such encounters usually start out bad for the human and end up tragic for the animal. Why anyone would want to be messing around with animals like this is beyond me but if one must it certainly pays to be well and heavily armed.