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...Regardless, the photographer could easily have carried a small lightweight rifle or a shotgun loaded with slugs, both will get the job done far more reliably than any pistol, have far less legal constraints, and will add less than 10 pounds to a load.
There are too many good options to name them, but they are all better than a pistol except for very special circumstances where a long-gun simply can't be carried.
The weight argument doesn't make much sense to me...you don't walk off into the desert without a whole bunch of water, and you don't poke around grizzly bears without a weapon, it simply isn't done (at least by anybody with half a brain). IMHO it's like jumping out of an airplane with no parachute because it weighs too much. Even the wildlife shows have armed personnel standing by off camera in case things go bad.
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