Bear in Mind
Illustration for the article "Bear in Mind – What are the consequences of private wildlife ownership?", published Deseret Magazine, a U.S. magazine dedicated to reportage and essays on politics, culture, and life in the American West.
The piece tells of Yellowstone Bear World, a private wildlife park in Idaho where bears are bred in captivity and transformed into attractions for visitors. The underlying question is what it means to reduce wildlife to simple entertainment. Crossing the voices of owners, biologists, and animal rights activists, the article shows how places of this type move in an ambiguous area between education, ethics, and business, raising questions about the welfare of bears and the real function of these parks.
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