Michael Bear

“AWARD-WINNING PHOTOGRAPHER SAM ABELL stood in front of a packed and excited crowd at the Environmental Film Festival in Washington, DC, in 2013. After I introduced him”
― Chris Palmer, Confessions of a Wildlife Filmmaker: The Challenges of Staying Honest in an Industry Where Ratings Are King

“Graphic footage of shark attacks and feeding frenzies might make for thrilling entertainment, but they actively damage public sentiment toward animals whose very survival is in question. By misleading audiences and inspiring fear and terror, these television programs are harming the conservation movement.”
― Chris Palmer, Confessions of a Wildlife Filmmaker: The Challenges of Staying Honest in an Industry Where Ratings Are King

“Adam Welz noted in his Guardian blog NatureUp that much of Yukon Men is grossly misleading.15 He could find no evidence to support the claim that there have been twenty fatal wolf attacks in Alaska in the past ten years. He is also baffled why Discovery would produce and broadcast a “factual” show that portrays wolves as “man-eating monsters straight out of Victorian fairytales, a serious threat to life and limb,”
― Chris Palmer, Confessions of a Wildlife Filmmaker: The Challenges of Staying Honest in an Industry Where Ratings Are King

“as author and scientist Dr. Jonathan Balcombe wrote in his 2010 book Second Nature, animals’ thoughts and feelings are far more complex than humans previously imagined. “Animals are conscious beings with feelings,” Balcombe noted, “yet our treatment of them remains medieval.”
― Chris Palmer, Confessions of a Wildlife Filmmaker: The Challenges of Staying Honest in an Industry Where Ratings Are King