Fake wildlife photos, mistreatment of animals, and lies

Feel free to post this link wherever you can. Well worth reading:


http://www.audubonmagazine.org/incite/incite1003.html

That is too bad! It kinda now throws a negative light in case a person gets lucky and shoot an animal truly in wild! For E.g I got lucky with a black wolf crossing my SUV in Lamar Valley last June. From my shot it was a bit evident that it is wild, give the extreme lean look that the Wolf had. But a layman reading this article is bound to question the authenticity of the capture! I have seen great many wildlife photographers here in Bay Area who actually do capture images of truly wild animals, hope this does not affect their image (no pun intended) adversely!

Thanks for your response Shivakumar. Here are more articles you and others might find interesting:

http://www.seattlepi.com/archives/1996/9604220070.asp

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Violence,+lies+and+videotape:+wildlife+filmmaking+takes+a+few...-a019998020

http://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/15/business/the-call-of-the-wildlife-show.html?pagewanted=all


I am amazed and upset that anyone would do the things some people do just to get (or fake) a photograph or video. I'm a nature photographer and I would never stoop that low.

As a former moderator here on PNWNP I seem to recall that the posting guidelines here specifically require that a given wildlife image that gets posted here must clarify that the subject wild critter in the image was captive if that is the case.

Item 5 under "Photo Posting Guidelines".

http://www.naturephotographers.net/postguide-2.html

That being said not all media venues make such a requirement. And that's sad...

And speaking of faked photos/videos and other deception, have any of you been keeping up on the Ivory Billed Woodpecker situation? Here's a start:

http://www.worldtwitch.com/ivorybill.htm

http://old.nabble.com/Ivory-billed-Woodpecker-Recovery-Plan-td27537744.html

http://sibleyguides.blogspot.com/2007/10/ivory-billed-woodpecker-status-review.html

http://ivorybills.blogspot.com/