Landers slams wildlife smartphone use

It’s no secret how skilled wildlife photographers live in harmony with the wild creatures they photograph. It’s called a TELEPHOTO lens, which allows them to keep a distance that affords comfort for the animal and safety for the photographer. The advent of the smartphone camera may be the worst thing to happen to wildlife since market hunting. Everybody has one of the bloody things and millions of people out there have no ethics in photographing anything, least of all wildlife. A woman was attacked by a bison in Yellowstone trying to get a selfie of her and her daughter with the beast just 15 feet behind them.  Luckily the kid was uninjured. In most cases, for liability reasons, wild animals are dispatched if they become aggressive to humans, regardless of whether it’s the humans’ fault/ Rich Landers , Outdoors blog. More here .