The story of the bear (17 photos)

American photographer Steve Kazlovski invites us to plunge into bear country.
It has published an illustrated book about bears captured the most interesting and exciting moments of the lives of these wonderful animals.



 
Grizzly Bear plays with a rare white grizzly at Katmai National Park in Alaska. Grizzly bears are not only brown, and black, white or even silver.



Polar bear stretches in the snow in the reserve in Alaska.



A pair of adult grizzlies fighting for the best place for fishing in the Katmai National Park.



"My message is very simple, - says Steve. - These animals - not cold-blooded killers. We can peacefully coexist with bears and enjoy the world with a rich variety of fauna, which he offers us. " In the photo: a curious polar bear waving to the camera.



"My goal - to create awareness of the need to preserve wildlife. To do this, I do interesting pictures that are visually "connect" people with distant edges and wild animals. These books - the basis for the training of people living in harmony with the animals. " In the photo: a white bear and two cubs exploring the remains of her whale reserve in Alaska.



The most common type - black bear in the wild lives of nearly a million individuals. The number of grizzlies still about 200 000 individuals, and while they are not on the verge of extinction. And polar bears are less fortunate. Now only about 25 000 individuals of this vulnerable species survived because the volume of ice on which they depend, in the last decades are rapidly declining. In the photo: two white teddy bear playing tug of war.



Order book titled Steve "Bear Country: grizzly, black and polar bears in North America," available at Amazon. In the photo: two grizzly cubs playing in the grass in Katmai National Park.



Grizzly Bear and her cubs exploring the trash in Deadhorse, Alaska.



A three meter polar bear standing on its hind legs.



Black bear with cubs on the background of the glacier.



Polar bear looks out the window of the truck in Alaska.



Three grizzly cub waiting for his mother in a park with fishing Alaska.



Cub in a tree black bear in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska.



A black bear in a tree.



Cubs waiting for their mother to bring delicious fish.



Grizzly Bear on the river in Katmai National Park.



Source: bigpicture.ru