This is a tough one, but here's what I've got.
A post from Everlore claiming bears will assist unkempt preservers:
https://web.archive.org/web/20010710...show&BID=64760
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The post in which a P99 dev initially made druids assist animals - he mentions he left out the unkempt druids, but it appears he wasn't 100% sure either.
http://www.project1999.com/forums/sh...php?t=100593#3
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A post from Allakhazam explaining why unkempt druids still give negative QRG Protected Animals faction when killed:
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/f...03000975388267
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And lastly, a very cryptic Daybreak forums post:
https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/...1/#post-716231
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And for what it's worth, I played EQ from launch day until the release of Luclin and remember accidentally aggroing the unkempt druids on my non-KoS paladin while killing the bears. I could certainly be misremembering though - it was 17 years ago.