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I tried to shrink this image to fit, but it would not fit.  This image is interesting because it was taken in Banff National Park, where animals are protected but also restricted.  The Grizzly Bears are monitored in the park, which shows how our understanding of animals as changed.  We now experiment on them in the wild, but they are still the object of our curiosity.  The fact that we observe animals in the wild shows a growing distinction between animal and human, but it shows a respect.  The Bear has dominion in the park, but we have invaded in their domain.  This is one of the reasons why tourists flock to the National Parks of the world (to see nature in nature).  However, as tourism grows, the area becomes less and less wild, and human domain grows.  Highways are built, but animals do not understand that trucks barrel down the highway.  We continue to try and create a more solid barrier between wild and progress, yet animals will always invade the areas of progress, because animals and humans share the same goal.  They both try to make their lives easier, and a railway/roadway is easier to maneuver than a forest.