Cheetah Whisperer???

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article2221049.ece

Hey Tarzan, let me ask you something. Do the names Timothy Treadwell or Amie Huguenard mean anything to you? Really, you have never heard of them? Well let me give you a little insight before your next "feel good safari." You may want to pack a piece, or at the very least a bowie knife as well as a clean pair of knickers, if you should be lucky enough to just need a hospital. Anyway, take this for what it is worth. If your girlfriend want's to join you for a bit of a snog and a dirty weekend playing Lord Greystoke boinks the city girl out in the bush, DON'T LET HER GO!!! DO HER A FAVOR AND MAKE HER STAY HOME!!!!!

A self-taught bear expert who once called Alaska's brown bears harmless was one of two people fatally mauled in a bear attack in the Katmai National Park and Preserve.

The bodies of Timothy Treadwell, 46, and Amie Huguenard, 37, both of Malibu, Calif., were found Monday at their campsite when a pilot arrived who was supposed to take them to Kodiak, state troopers said Tuesday.

Treadwell, co-author of "Among Grizzlies: Living With Wild Bears in Alaska," spent more than a dozen summers living alone with and videotaping Katmai bears.

Park rangers encountered a large, aggressive male brown bear within minutes of arriving. Ranger Joel Ellis said two officers stood by with shotguns as he fired 11 times with a semi-automatic handgun before the animal fell, 12 feet away.

The victims' remains and camping equipment were flown Monday to Kodiak. Ellis said investigators hope to glean some information from video and still cameras.

As the plane was being loaded, another aggressive bear approached and was killed by rangers and troopers.

The victims' bodies were flown to the state medical examiner's office for autopsy.

Treadwell was known for his confidence around bears. He often touched them, and gave them names. Once he was filmed crawling along the ground singing as he approached a sow and two cubs.

Over the years, Park Service officials, biologists and others expressed concern about his safety and the message he was sending.

"At best he's misguided," Deb Liggett, superintendent at Katmai, told the Anchorage Daily News in 2001. "At worst he's dangerous. If Timothy models unsafe behavior, that ultimately puts bears and other visitors at risk."

That same year Treadwell was a guest on the "Late Show with David Letterman," describing Alaska brown bears as mostly harmless "party animals."

In his book, Treadwell said he decided to devote himself to saving grizzlies after a drug overdose, followed by several close calls with brown bears in early trips to Alaska. He said those experiences inspired him to give up drugs, study bears and establish a nonprofit bear-appreciation group, called Grizzly People.

Courtesy of Casey Cainan