Following On...

Well last night's image of a dead Grey Seal Pup certainly provoked a certain degree of feedback.
I'm pleased to say that the general reaction was of a positive nature and I'm glad that most understand my reasons for posting the image.

Being a wildlife lover, I of course gain no pleasure from photographing or witnessing that sort of dreadful scene, but I do believe that sometimes it is necessary to highlight certain issues.

Like I said last night, I don't want to go into any great detail on this particular subject right now, because I believe that there are many out there who know exactly what I was talking about...I may revisit the subject in a more general manner at a later date though.

I thought I'd leave you tonight with a couple of altogether happier images of the way I'm sure we'd all prefer to see these beautiful animals...

Respect...

The heartbreaking sight of a dead Grey Seal pup at Donna Nook....

Not by any means a pleasant image and one I thought long and hard about publishing.

To be honest, it's not really the kind of image I would normally have taken, but I did take it and I did so for a very good reason...To highlight what can happen to a wild and vulnerable animal when not given the respect it's deserved by humans.

The first rule of photographing wildlife should always be The Welfare Of The Subject Comes First!!

Sadly, there is no other place in Britain where I have seen this rule broken so many times than at this Lincolnshire Seal colony.

The lengths some so-called photographers will go to get their 'shot' is not only disturbing, but quite frankly disgusting.

Sorry for the rant, I'm not going to go into any great detail on this matter. I know there are many great photographers who have the up most respect for their subjects and environment that read my posts...This is really aimed at the ones who perhaps don't.