Photographer Loses $20K Legal Battle Over Traffic Ticket for Wounded Grizzly Bear

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Photographer Loses $20K Legal Battle Over Traffic Ticket for Wounded Grizzly Bear
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A wildlife photographer has lost a $20,000 legal battle over a traffic ticket after he slowed his car to check on a wounded grizzly bear.

A wildlife photographer has lost an extraordinary $20,000 legal battle over a traffic ticket that came about after he slowed his car to check on a wounded grizzly bear.

On that date, Mangelson saw a grizzly bear known as Grizzly 610 lying wounded on the side of Highway 26 in Grand Teton National Park after the roadside bear was seemingly struck by a vehicle. He apparently took photos of the wounded bear, sharing themThe 78-year-old photographer is well-known for his images of the famous grizzly bears of Grand Teton National Park — including Grizzly 399 and her cubs. Grizzly 610 is one of 399’s cubs.

According to the eyewitness accounts of two rangers who were on the scene, the photographer slowed down to 5 mph near Grizzly 610’s location while holding up four other vehicles. Judge Carman says that videos and testimony made it “clear” that the photographer went to the location where Grizzly 610 had been struck by a vehicle and injured.

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