Treadwell says he did bring a girlfriend out to the Alaska wilds and the bear habitat for about a two-month period in 1997. They don t have much of a future. They ll either be loved to death or shot to death. In Alaska, it s legal to hunt grizzlies. About 1,200 a year are shot, about the same number are poached.
Bear hunting is a multimillion dollar business.
In fact, he takes a lot of heat from a variety of quarters from scientists who scorn his methods, from hunters who mock his concern, from pilots and tradespeople in Alaska who object to his fervor. Treadwell doesn t care. He has committed his life to wildlife preservation. Well, these bears are so much better than people. They are better than us.