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Bear Grylls will eat anything with legs or tentacles when he’s in the wilderness for one of his Born Survivor episodes, but that doesn’t mean he’ll be microwaving rats or sprinkling salt on woodlice at home.

Or that he enjoys killing animals or wants to tick off activists.

In fact, he’s ran a sanctuary for the same creatures he may consume.

“I love animals,” Grylls told the UK Daily Post. “I’ve run an animal sanctuary up in Wales, and it’s a big part of my life, and wildlife is, and so I’m animal crazy, at the same time I do a show, they’re showing people how to survive if their life really is on the line.”

“We always make sure if we are killing something, it’s killed very fast, and it’s all eaten.”

Less painful slaughter, waste not.

Grylls’ wacky, extreme tactics may be just a good lesson on empathy and environmentalism.

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One Response to “Bear Grylls On Killing Animals For Survival In The Wild”

  1. smil3y Says:

    if he cares so much about animals, then why does he waste them? in the deep south episode, he kills numerous animals, takes a few bites, then throws them. for example, he kills a non-venomous water snake, takes the head off, followed by a few bites of the raw flesh, then throws it away as he says, “one less snake to worry about.” even though he clarified it was of benign species. on the same episode, he does the same with a medium sized gator and a large catfish. i like grylls, but he really doesn’t show respect for animals like les stroud, or even cody lundin and dave canterberry(they stumbled across 2 snakes mating in the heat of the moment, and they decided to let them both go.)