Ahh, Timothy Treadwell. Now there's a story.
Treadwell was a liberal in the classical sense. He was a man who viewed himself as a hero, a martyr, and a noble protector of the bears. He thought the bears were his friends. He tried to put cute human faces on the bears (that's really what most overly-sentimental "animal rights activists" do).
And he paid the price.
What an idiot Treadwell was. And he got is girlfriend killed along with him, but you have to wonder about her brainpower, too.