should interfere with the course of events in order to save an animal they are filming (and have come to love and respect) which is finding itself in extreme danger which only their intervention could save from a likely death?
My question is inspired by a television series inwhere a crew were faced with having to decide whether to intervene when confronted by the desperate scene of a single Cheetah cub, whose life was being threatened by a large murderous-looking (!) male Baboon, with little that the mother could do to save it. Fortunately the Baboon withdrew, but perhaps due to the presence of the cars and crew!
The commentator admitted that they were often placed in a quandry, due to their belief that "they should not play God" and interfere with the natural course of things.
Don`t you think that in any case, just by their presence they provide a feeling of unnatural security for many animals, who often seek protection by being close to the cars?
So does it really matter?
2007-08-23
10:20:44
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