Protect Our Grizzly Bears

Paper Summary:

This paper reveals that as a result of continued development, poaching, and destruction of habitat, only a scant 1 percent of grizzly bears remained until they were finally granted federal protection. The paper discusses the debate over whether or not the bear's federal status can be removed as an endangered species. The paper considers the fact that although Yellowstone grizzlies are on a path to recovery, their numbers are still at dangerous levels. Concerns over the damage being done to the grizzly's habitat and food sources are also considered. The paper contends that to protect their lives and their habitat, the Bush administration's policy of ceaseless gas and oil development must be ceased, while retaining the Yellowstone grizzly bear on the list of endangered animals must be of paramount environmentalist concern.

From the Paper:

"Grizzly bears numbered in the tens of thousands in the early decades of the pioneering of the Americas. Since then, their numbers have fallen drastically to, by some estimates, no more than 1,200. Even more alarming, these bears which previously lived on several million acres of land now find themselves occupying as little as 1 to 2 percent of their previous habitat. In response, these bears were placed under the protection of the Endangered Species Act in July of 1975. Under this act, the grizzlies are protected in two distinct ways: first, humans may not, "harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect" the bears, according to the text of the act (Ryan & Schuler). Secondly, the act specifically protects against the development of existing grizzlies' habitation."

Sample of Sources Used:

• France, Tom. "Grizzly Program a Success Story." Grizzly Bear Outreach Project. 27 Aug. 2005. 27 Mar. 2006 <http://www.bearinfo.org/yellowstonedelisting2.htm>.
• France, Tom. "Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Recovery Shows Endangered Species ActSuccess." National Wildlife Federation 15 Nov. 2005.
• Owen, James. "Uproar Over Grizzlies' Likely Loss of Endangered Status." National Geographic. 18 Aug. 2005. 27 Mar. 2006 <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0818_050818_grizzly_bears.html>.
• Ryan, Patrick and Galen Schuler. "The Endangered Species Act - A Primer." Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington. 1998. 27 Mar. 2006 <http://www.mrsc.org:80/subjects/environment/esa/esaprime.aspx?r=1>.
• Stuckey, Mike. "Uproar Over Plan to Delist Yellowstone Grizzlies." Msnbc 18 Aug.2005. 21 Mar. 2006 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8971332/page/2/.

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