Casey Cooper - Lifeboat “This image is of a mother brown bear carrying her cubs back to shore in Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States. They had napped in low tide after digging for clams for a few hours. They were clearly exhausted and didn’t wake up until the water had risen around them. The cubs were scared and too young to swim. The sow let the cubs get on her back to bring them to safety. I watched as the story unfolded. I had a feeling she would end up putting the cubs on her back and was hoping for just that. Sure enough, once the water rose a bit more, they woke up andm cubs crying, the mother huffed and they knew to climb up and get a ride back to shore. It’s one of my favorite moments I’ve witnessed.” .
Prints for Wildlife, the acclaimed fundraising initiative that unites many of the world’s leading wildlife and nature photographers, will return on August 21, 2025, with a powerful new edition: Edition Hope.
Since its launch in 2020, the initiative has raised more than $2.1 million for conservation projects, supporting frontline organizations across Africa and beyond. This year, the focus shifts to a pressing new challenge: the widespread withdrawal of funding for conservation programs, threatening hard-won progress in protecting biodiversity and the communities that depend on it.
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