On Seeing A Documentary On The Kodiak Island Bears

They had lived on Kodiak Island centuries before man came And they were called Kodiak for want of a better name They once were plentiful but nowadays considered rare And man took his toll on the World's largest bear. The big game hunters shot them for their skin And a large male Kodiak a great prize to win A dried out skin to hang on lounge room wall Of massive creature over three metres tall. With the Alutiio people their Island they did share And the native man got on well with the giant bear But the big game hunter to the Kodiak Island came And the bigger the bear he shot the more his fame. But the United States Government eventually stepped in And silenced the guns of the bear hunting men And the Kodiak bears protected ever since And to shoot one now considered an offence. Each year when spawning Season comes around They fish for salmon bound for spawning ground The bears put on weight before their Winter lie On salmon that come home to spawn and die. The Kodiak Island giant the largest bear By the World wildlife fund considered rare They lived on the Island centuries before man came And were called Kodiak for want of a better name.