羅斯福喜愛跟同是天然資源保護論的朋友(關心自然保護的人) 繆爾John Muir一起享受戶外活動。照片內可以看到他跟其朋友巴勒斯 (John Burroughs) 及其他友人在露營旅行。羅斯福寫了一封信給他的兒子哈奇，信中提到了另一次的露營旅行，當時因為小屋內有一群鼯鼠家庭，所以巴勒斯無法入睡。

「媽媽跟我一點都不在意…但有一天晚上，他們把巴勒斯吵醒，而巴勒斯誤入歧途的花了一個小時找尋鼯鼠的巢穴…他抓到了兩隻小隻的，並將他們放在一個籃子裡…隔天，在媽媽的指示下，我將它們帶到外面；但在處理的過程中，我的手指不慎被咬，手一鬆，它們就在房間內亂竄 ...」您不認為這有點像是這位熱愛動物的人故意放這些生物自由的嗎？


Roosevelt enjoyed spending time outdoors with his friends, such as fellow conservationist (a person who cares about protecting nature) John Muir. Here you can see him on a camping trip with his friend John Burroughs and some other men. Roosevelt wrote his son Archie a letter about another camping trip when Burroughs had difficulty sleeping because of a family of flying squirrels in the cabin.

"Mother and I do not mind them at all, ... but one night they waked up John Burroughs and he spent a misguided hour hunting for the nest ... caught two of the young squirrels and put them in a basket... The next day under Mother's direction I took them out, getting my fingers somewhat bitten in the process, and loosed them in our room..." It was just like this animal-loving man to set the creatures free, don't you think?

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