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Prob a stupid question but I submit it to OcUk GD
So yea I just watched this program:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01fnfrc/Land_of_the_Lost_Wolves_Episode_1/
As always brilliantly shot. You can see its about wolves. But shooting this documentary involved the crew tramping through forest areas frequented not just by wolves but by grizzly bears as well.
In fact at one point the presenter dude is danger-close to a big bear in a river and he just crouches down telling the rest of the crew to stay still and be calm.
So that got me wondering: on nature documentary assignments like these...are some of the crew armed?....ready to take down a bear if it decides the cameraman looks tasty? Or are they legally not allowed to use deadly force?
Or are only non-lethal deterrents allowed like bear-spray, noise makers, fireworks and such?
I know some naturalists are hardcore and refuse to carry firearms (subscribing to the view you are a GUEST in BEAR country so tough ___ if somethin happens but you have no right to take their lives).
So yea I just watched this program:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01fnfrc/Land_of_the_Lost_Wolves_Episode_1/
As always brilliantly shot. You can see its about wolves. But shooting this documentary involved the crew tramping through forest areas frequented not just by wolves but by grizzly bears as well.
In fact at one point the presenter dude is danger-close to a big bear in a river and he just crouches down telling the rest of the crew to stay still and be calm.
So that got me wondering: on nature documentary assignments like these...are some of the crew armed?....ready to take down a bear if it decides the cameraman looks tasty? Or are they legally not allowed to use deadly force?
Or are only non-lethal deterrents allowed like bear-spray, noise makers, fireworks and such?
I know some naturalists are hardcore and refuse to carry firearms (subscribing to the view you are a GUEST in BEAR country so tough ___ if somethin happens but you have no right to take their lives).