It is worth watching, which is different from most documentaries on people and nature. Treadwell feels very strange to me. Generally speaking, he is like a loser who is in a bad situation in human society. He is drunk, unemployed, drugged and unable to make a girl, and he does not get along well with others, so he seeks refuge in nature. The constant love, companionship and protection of the bear is more like a desperate escape. In this way, he gained a career, gained a reputation, and gained some adoring women who followed him. In fact, I think his love is sincere, but it is based on the unconfirmed concept that "animals are more pure and kind than human beings, and human society is dirty and messy for profit-seeking". He calls himself a kind warrior, and thinks he is very great and unprecedented. He calls himself an extremely noble cause and is famous in history. Yes, animal protection is of course a cause that requires full courage and love, especially when living with animals in the wild for several months. Admiring his boldness and respecting his views on life, I can't do that. But when the poacher came to hurt the bear, why did he hide in the woods far away from being seen by others and didn't stop him? What is he afraid of at this time? After everyone left, he came out and sneered at the provocation left by the other party. What is this? The Chinese say that it doesn't matter if you behead your head, as long as you are true, so what if you rushed out to be killed by poachers in order to protect your beloved bear from being harmed?
So what kind of good things do grizzly people actually do to protect bears? I read this organization's homepage, and it says "people should remain 100 yards from bears at all times". The founders didn't follow the rules and cursed wildly. Their main work is to raise people's awareness of grizzly bears through supportive education. awareness of protection in order to achieve the purpose of peaceful coexistence between man and grizzly bear, nature and other human beings. The homepage also scolded the Forestry Administration, which manages the grizzly bear habitat, for doing nothing. This organization has no money and needs a lot of donations. It is indeed very grassroot. As for what has been achieved so far - I haven't seen it yet.
This is indeed a bit frustrating, after all, the founders have died tragically, right? Although this is his long-cherished wish, it will inevitably make people reconsider the value of these actions. In the middle and second part of the documentary, I felt that Treadwell's words and deeds seemed to be a little abnormal. He would say a certain sentence repeatedly, suddenly shout, and scold the government with resentment. This is very similar to some cult followers, completely immersed in their own world, Accumulate faults on an object. At first, I thought he was pure and transparent, and his love for animals was pure and unadulterated, but the more I went on, the more confused and frightened of his behavior I became. Mind-shattering fanaticism won't do much.
I believe that animals have feelings, they also have social interaction with each other, after all, people are animals too. But you can't completely apply human behavioral norms and expressions to them. If you can't find a sense of existence in human society, you try to find it in animals, but you can't even get along with the same kind of people who have the same language and habits, not to mention Another species separated by 108,000 miles.
What's more, in my opinion, the love and protection of wild animals is still enough to respect each other's space, and it is better to watch from a distance without disturbing them.
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