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RE: Starving Polar Bear Photographer Couldn't Help And Explains Why

in #wildlife7 years ago

I can see a lot of people commenting and blaming humanity for this. I absolutely understand why and agree on the point that global warming/weather changes are affecting the amounts of food available to wild animals especially in colder parts of the world due to migration and late springs/early winters, but there's one thing we have to understand. This is how nature works. Humans are used to help and support each other but it would be a very rare occurrence to see something like that to happen in the wilderness. Old, sick or weak animals don't get healthcare, cash out their 401k and live the rest of their lives somewhere in a small forest retreat, they are left to die, sometimes naturally like in this case, sometimes they're killed by a stronger animal or predator. Nature is beautiful but it's definitely not kind or caring.

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Climate change is definitely real and a constant factor; global warming - not necessarily.

However, we don't know what's wrong with this bear and an illness is as likely a cause of his problems as any other.

I agree. I hope we are not past the tipping point.