[LRflex] Re: A sad story...
- From: "W.B. Abbott" <captbilly3@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 09:06:24 -0700
David,
It is always painful to see one of our distant kin in such a condition. Thank
you for caring about her.
Bill
On Oct 7, 2011, at 8:17 AM, David Young wrote:
> Wednesday, Rose and I were driving home from Alberta, where her kids had
> staged
> a surprise birthday party for her. (It was a good party!)
>
> Just south of Valemont, BC, as we passed an empty parking lot used as a
> staging
> area for snowmobiles in winter, Rose spotted something in the bush, and asked
> me to turn around and go back.
>
> When I did, we discovered that what she'd seen was a cinnamon coloured, black
> bear, just resting on a grassy spot. This, in itself, was rare, for bears
> usually prefer to be in the bush, away from people.
>
> The light was poor, as the day was overcast and the sun already behind the
> mountains. I used Oly's 50~200 w/1.4x converter, at ISO 640, and took a few
> shots.
>
> Then, when she didn't move, I got back in the car and slowly moved up to her,
> intending to shoot from the window. To my surprise, she did not move, and it
> quickly became apparent that she was very sick, and not likely to live long.
> She was panting like a dog and, in fall - when her body should be full of
> fat,
> in preparation for a long sleep, she was showing her ribs.
>
> As I came more and more to realize her condition, I found it harder and
> harder
> to actually take photos; and after a short while, I simply stopped.
>
> We had started to look at the various signs in the lot, looking for a phone
> number, so we could report her to the conservation officers, when an RCMP
> officer arrived, to warn us there was a bear in the parking lot!
>
> And so we left, knowing that the CO's would soon be there, and put the old
> girl
> out of her misery.
>
> What is probably the last image of this old gal, is here:
>
> http://www.furnfeather.net/Temps/Cinnamon.html
>
> Thanks for reading.
>
> David.
>
>
>
>
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