Ethics - Case Study Two - Weighing up Ethics and Morals

Case study two - Ethics in Photography was a  very difficult read.

A photographer, Kevin Carter, who took 20 minutes to take a photo of an eagle spreading its wings, instead of helping a dying girl in Sudan who was trying to make her way towards water. The photo won a prize but Carter took his own life due to the guilt he felt for not helping the girl.
There are many conflicts of interest in this case, the lack of intervention from Carter was fully justified, however he was instructed not to touch anyone and the ethical role of a photographer is to observe and not to interfere. This is a terrible situation for the photographer to be in, stuck between saving a life and following rules. I personally know what I would have done.

This makes me think of many times where I watch wildlife programmes such as Planet Earth, Blue Planet etc., where you see many animals being chased, attacked and killed by other animals, or them struggling to cross dangerous and treacherous terrain or baby animals being separated from their parents. I always find myself shouting at the TV 'why don't the camera men just help them!' But There are obviously many ethical considerations they undergo when doing work such as this. 
So I did some research and found that in some cases TV crews do try to help stricken animals.

'Sir David Attenborough has defended filming the death of a baby elephant in the BBC’s Africa series, as he says intervening in upsetting situations would only make things worse.'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9832410/Sir-David-Attenborough-defends-filming-baby-elephant-death.html

And Martin Hughes-Games, who presents Springwatch, said his team had once caused 'absolute uproar' after intervening while a bird's nest was being flooded.

Speaking at the Radio Times Festival at Hampton Court, he said: 'Half the people said, "why didn't you intervene", and others then said, "you shouldn't have intervened".

'We're respectful of nature. But it's incredibly hard not to intervene.

'We probably spend more time debating that than anything else on the Watches.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3251007/Experts-BBC-s-nature-shows-admit-try-help-stricken-animals-filming-saved-baby-penguin-melted-ice-hole.html